predict
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“You can be the world’s best weightlifter. You can have a low body-fat percentage. You can be killing it at work. Those things don’t predict how happy you’re going to be at 80.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
For example, instead of an insurer simply paying out after an accident, they may shift their value proposition from "repair and replace" to "predict and prevent."
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Once he was eliminated, it was difficult to predict who would emerge from the top half of the men's draw.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Two elephants trudged across a makeshift football field at Mexico's Guadalajara Zoo in a whacky attempt to predict the score of the 2026 World Cup's opening game.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
But even then, the men can often predict where the chimps are going and so catch up with them later.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing predict
The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Academic Vocabulary: Core Tier 2 Words, List 1
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