prognostication

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Every decade or economic cycle, or so it seems, brings another prognostication, each of which ends up cycling from scary to silly in short order.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

We’re not quite there on the colonization front, but Smith’s prognostication on viewing habits is right on track.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

From Cyrus Scofield to Hal Lindsey to Tim LaHaye, we live in the wake of high-stakes prognostication allegedly grounded in John’s dream visions.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2023

But how far the Eagles go — and no one in the organization would be so foolish as to make such a bold prognostication as guaranteeing a Super Bowl berth — depends predominantly on Hurts.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2023

I slowly laid out sweets upon our little table, disheartened by so glum a prognostication.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson