prognostication

Example Sentences

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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

When he’s not making his annual prognostication, Phil lives in a customized space beside the Punxsutawney Memorial Library, with a window where library patrons can check out his burrow.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Mr. Santos, New York Republican, shared his prognostication during a meandering three-hour discussion on X Spaces with Monica Matthews.

From Washington Times • Nov. 25, 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