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predict

[pri-dikt] / prɪˈdɪkt /


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If you want to guarantee something won’t happen, go ahead and predict — as Bill Plaschke did — that the Rams are going to go undefeated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Analysts at Gartner predict by 2030, 80% of neocloud firms will "cease independent operations", while Forrester's experts expect at least three of them to be imminently acquired "as finances get shaky".

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

However, an important question has remained: Can these tests reliably predict whether someone with normal cognitive function will eventually develop symptoms?

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Economists at Morgan Stanley predict one more quarter-point rate hike from the Bank of Canada in January, following this week’s increase amid a sharply higher inflation outlook.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Based on that range, you can predict that about half of the kids will be up and running around in about five minutes.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Qualcomm is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after the market closes on Wednesday as Wall Street predicts a downturn.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Ipsos predicts the DA will garner 25% support in this election, up from 22% last time.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

It predicts sales in the United States to account for half of the target.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Quite a few films from a strong Cannes, such as ‘In Waves,’ ‘Iron Boy’ and ‘Tangles,’ will aim to break into this category,” predicts Robert Daniels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 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

Analysts, however, expected Barrera to consolidate the votes of Democrats and predicted the support of CTA, and other unions to a lesser extent, would make a difference for Barrera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Releasing third quarter results, the group predicted its fuel bill across the full year will come in at 9.3 billion euros.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

There were fewer small objects than some theories predicted, and their colors closely resembled those of much larger objects in the same distant regions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

A defeat had been predicted by the polls but not quite on that scale.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

He predicted GPS navigation devices for cars before anybody else, too.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

Elections will create winners and losers in individual industries, but I’d rather own businesses capable of prospering across political cycles than build a portfolio around predicting Washington.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026

Strategists from Wells Fargo to Franklin Templeton were among those in recent weeks predicting the S&P 500 corporate earnings expansion would decelerate as higher interest rates, tariff pressures and elevated oil prices weigh on results.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Basking in its success over AlphaFold, for example, DeepMind turned its attention to predicting the structure of new materials.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The film has now earned an estimated total of $45 million at the domestic box office, with some analysts predicting it could become the first documentary to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Belmont was already talking with CBS Radio, which was offering to broadcast the race live worldwide, predicting that twenty million sets would be tuned to it.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


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