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forecast

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




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The department forecast around 1.6m people could therefore settle between 2026 and 2030.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

This past week, when Microsoft and Google forecast less AI spending than Wall Street analysts had projected, shares in several neocloud firms tumbled.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Campbell’s that year forecast that Goldfish would reach $1.3 billion in sales by fiscal 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Intel plunged 29% to $65.76—the largest decline since 1974—after the chip maker forecast fourth-quarter revenue growth short of Wall Street targets, citing a prolonged slowdown in personal-computer sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Therefore the government volcanologists called in to monitor and forecast St. Helens’s behavior primarily had seen only Hawaiian volcanoes in action, and they, it turned out, were not the same thing at all.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia plunged more than 15 percent after giving a cautious outlook that fell short of forecasts.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Adjusted earnings came to 92 cents a share, in-line with analyst forecasts, according to FactSet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The current three month outlook from the Met Office forecasts that there is double the chance of it being wetter than normal.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Revenue fell 5.5% to $809 million, above analyst forecasts of $786.5 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

There is another quite different problem exemplified by these stock-market forecasts and fanciful explanations of success.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

The advertising business slowed to 12% growth this quarter, falling short of the 18% forecasted by Wall Street.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Hurricane Odalys, with 90 mph winds, is nearly 900 miles west of the southern tip of Baja California and is forecasted to turn away from land and weaken.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The company delivered sales near the high end of its forecasted range, but Wall Street was expecting more, and the stock had its worst day in more than a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The NPS said on Monday that a second body had been recovered, while warning that "forecasted weather may affect the timing and pace" of further search operations.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

In the decade following the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens, scientists accurately forecasted fourteen subsequent eruptions to within days or weeks.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

However, the OBR also emphasised the difficulties in economic forecasting, highlighting uncertainty over the future path of inflation, in particular, which could turn out to be either significantly higher or lower than their predictions.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Derek Tang, co-founder of forecasting firm LH Meyer, said the market has a very difficult time understanding when the rate hikes will end.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

All 23 economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had expected no change, with most forecasting another increase in November.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The medium-term outlook is more positive, with CRU forecasting up to 6 million tons by 2030 as new projects come online.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

It never would have occurred to me those words were forecasting my imminent and terrifying future.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson


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