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

It’s easy to forget how Hakstol entered last season a front-runner on many prognostication sites to be the first coach fired.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2023

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

First rule of Oscar prognostication: Don’t pick against a movie about orphaned elephants.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2023

Royal Brougham, despite his earlier gloomy assessment, had already announced his personal prognostication: Washington to win, Cornell in second, California third.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown