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prediction

[pri-dik-shuhn] / prɪˈdɪk ʃən /


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Times give their opinions on Bill Plaschke’s prediction the Rams will go unbeaten, the Rams’ loss, USC football and the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

You try going viral with a Seahawks prediction, pal.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

We’re going to know pretty quickly if his prediction ages well, for Lee believes the CPI report at 8:30 a.m.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

It was not a prediction of an imminent disaster, a guarantee that the French Riviera would be struck, or a forecast that every Mediterranean coastline would experience the same waves.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Given the nature of hunting, not to mention me, I understood this as less a prediction than a prayer.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

The government also said giving students long-term predictions of how much they might ultimately repay risked being "misleading" because of "limited" accuracy.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Interpretations mainly offer different conceptual explanations for what quantum theory means, while typically producing the same experimental predictions as standard quantum mechanics.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

WPP Media boosted its global and U.S. predictions in June.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The Times’ NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the matchups and makes his predictions for Week 1 of the NFL season.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

She would sit on a throne before the sacred fire, surrounded by swirling mystic vapors, and people who wanted predictions would write their question on a slip of paper and drop it in the fire.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder




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