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forecast

[fawr-kast, -kahst, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌkæst, -ˌkɑst, ˈfoʊr- /




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There is a lot of uncertainty in the long-range forecast and you can keep up to date with your local prospects on the BBC Weather website and app.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

This has been an ongoing theme for some time now but even the most optimistic CFOs and treasurers now forecast issuance scenarios that yields are unlikely to fall materially near-term.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Walmart’s updated earnings forecast for the fiscal year also underwhelms Wall Street.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Weekly jobless claims totaled 206,000, down from the previous week’s downwardly revised 212,000 and slightly lower than forecast.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

By noon it was apparent that the weather forecast was in error.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Mike McPhaden, a senior scientist at NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, had a similar estimate, telling AFP: "It's not inconceivable that 2027 may top out at 1.7C above preindustrial levels" if model forecasts bear out.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

The dashboard also aggregates forecasts that put El Nino on course to peak at a 3.9C anomaly this November -- well above the 3C anomaly detected in the 2015 El Nino.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Long range forecasts are now looking ahead to meteorological autumn - the months of September, October and November.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

On an adjusted basis, earnings per share are expected at $3.86, the midpoint of a range of $3.71 to $4.01, ahead of forecasts of $3.54 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

“It has been my experience that apocalyptic forecasts on the U.S. financial markets are rarely realized within limited horizons,” one investor wrote to Burry.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

NATS, the UK's air traffic control service, said "weather disruption was expected to continue through the rest of the day" after "forecasted severe weather across the south east of England".

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

The designation comes at any event where the temperature is forecasted to exceed 31C at any time the cars are on track.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Economists have forecasted those pressures are delaying a strong recovery in single-family housing starts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Meta has forecasted capital expenditures to reach between $125 billion and $145 billion for the year -- more than double the company's 2025 outlay.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

Because if I didn’t beat Elliot in this, he would go on to the next level of the Academy, and I’d be left behind, waiting for whatever awful future the letter forecasted to come true.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

"We should be clear that this is an unprecedented event", said Prof Adam Scaife, head of long-range forecasting at the UK Met Office.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

He isn’t forecasting outright recession, since household and businesses balance sheets are strong.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Switzerland, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Cyprus and Malta have been “falling over themselves to attract the wealthy,” says Douglas McWilliams, founder of the London-based Centre for Economics and Business Research, which does economic forecasting.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Such monitoring could improve space weather forecasting and contribute to safer, more dependable satellite operations in the future.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

At sunset, clouds piled up like purple mountains, forecasting rain.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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