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predict

[pri-dikt] / prษชหˆdษชkt /


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Whelan said it will be difficult to predict what will do well in the future.

From BBC โ— Nov. 14, 2026

Simulating the complex behavior of light inside powerful laser systems requires enormous computing resources, making it difficult for researchers to predict and adjust laser performance quickly.

From Science Daily โ— Nov. 13, 2026

With the ever expanding internet-of-things, almost all new devices pair with an app or a web portal, and companies are benefiting from innovations that allow remote operation of industrial equipment or predict maintenance needs.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Nov. 13, 2026

After that, pundits predict a flurry of official inquiries that could sweep up many top administration officials, including Miller himself.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Nov. 12, 2026

“One day I predict you’ll build a ship of your own.”

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis

From the standpoint of fundamental physics, it predicts that a qubit can produce an oscillating supercurrent resembling the AC Josephson effect, but without requiring an external voltage.

From Science Daily โ— Nov. 5, 2026

Harley predicts that by the end of this year, it will sell 135,500 to 139,000 motorcycles worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Nov. 4, 2026

A restive population that Madrid predicts won’t let Becerra bask in his historic win.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Nov. 4, 2026

He predicts a situation going forward he characterizes as “Schrödinger’s Strait,” whereby the chokepoint in the Iranian gulf is theoretically open but in practice, still closed.

From MarketWatch โ— Nov. 3, 2026

But what he hadn't done was quite important—he hadn't gotten Katherine III on paper, and one cannot take an equation that predicts eighteen out of nineteen Katherines to the Nobel Prize Committee.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

Decades ago, Dychtwald predicted America would turn into a “gerontocracy,” where economic and political power shifted from the young to the old.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Nov. 14, 2026

The new scoring system predicted future cognitive decline more effectively than several established indicators, including demographic characteristics, genetic risk factors, and amyloid-beta and tau biomarkers.

From Science Daily โ— Nov. 14, 2026

But the scandal is unlikely to "dominate the agenda" or affect Trump and Xi's personal relationship, predicted Dylan Loh of Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.

From Barron's โ— Nov. 14, 2026

Wood quotes a Brookings Institution paper, published recently, that predicted AI capex would average 3.63% of GDP between 2025 and 2032.

From MarketWatch โ— Nov. 13, 2026

And just as Dad predicted, Brooke Breckenridge takes first place.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

Dychtwald has been predicting the ascendance of aging boomers for decades as a public speaker and boardroom consultant.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Nov. 14, 2026

But when it comes to predicting the power of winter storms, there is far less consensus.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Nov. 13, 2026

Futures markets now see a December rate hike as essentially guaranteed, with 85 percent of trader bets expecting a one-quarter percentage point hike and 15 predicting a half-percentage point increase.

From Barron's โ— Nov. 10, 2026

Gas prices look likely to continue declining in the weeks to come, said De Haan, predicting that the cost per gallon could fall to around $3.75 by Thanksgiving.

From MarketWatch โ— Nov. 9, 2026

If he was predicting we couldn’t hold off an attack, that wasn’t good.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan


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