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predict

[pri-dikt] / prɪˈdɪkt /


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As a result, Bitcoin is far more volatile than gold, and tomorrow’s price is as difficult to predict as the next viral meme.

From Slate Sep. 20, 2026

Researchers plan to use advanced computational modeling and artificial intelligence to design specialized biomolecules and predict how they will interact with silicon-rich waste.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

Those who try to predict the trend of interest rates on average are wrong more than they’re right.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

The software can analyze airline schedules and factors such as weather, airport runway capacity and operational constraints to predict air-traffic flows and foresee potential conflicts.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

“I mean, we can predict a certain amount based on what we know,” Freddie continued.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

It will continue to work, he predicts, because someday Bitcoin will be $10 million apiece.

From Slate Sep. 20, 2026

While surprises are always possible, Rosen predicts a major awards haul for "Widow's Bay," surpassing all competitors including the final season of the perennial favorite "Hacks."

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

This is not a left-field forecast: S&P Global predicts a 24% supply gap by 2040 also.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

After the UN defined the current El Niño as supersized, the Farmers’ Almanac predicts this upcoming winter will look very different.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

For example, the theory predicts that the light cones of points near the sun would be slightly bent inward, on account of the mass of the sun.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

"Since the 1970s, mathematical models have predicted that large, complex ecosystems should destabilize and collapse," Montanari said.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

He has likened advanced AI to “summoning an alien species” while others in AI, including Amodei, have long predicted the probability of something bad happening because of the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

That’s just one of countless reasons why energy prices are predicted to keep spiking.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

Along with Ipswich, Hull are the only other team I've predicted to lose all their games so far.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

“It’s kind of overlapping with my mom’s work. She predicted that the great whites would start heading north.”

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

Faux, who has been covering the currency much longer than I have, told me he has “given up predicting what’s going to happen to Bitcoin’s price.”

From Slate Sep. 20, 2026

Within the canon of adult animation,“The Simpsons” gets most of the credit for predicting the future, but “South Park” has at least one unnervingly good entry in the category.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

Morgan Stanley joined Goldman Sachs in a last-minute switch, predicting a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike at the conclusion of the central bank’s two-day meeting on Wednesday.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

Recent comments from key RBA officials have strengthened expectations that the central bank will deliver its fourth rate increase this month, with some analysts predicting a fifth in November.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

At the end of the 1950s, when the American space program looked as uncoordinated and spindly as a foal, predicting that the United States would best the Soviets might have seemed like a fool’s bet.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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