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Journalists have begun making predictions about the winner of the coming election.
Despite predictions that the store would fail, it has done very well.
The figures and statistics are used for the prediction of future economic trends.
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Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that seeks to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.
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After some wild previous guesses, including Jeong thinking Pearl was Madonna, the panel had more reasonable (though obviously swayed by the night's theme) predictions for who could be under the mask.
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Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Brain Surgeons Have Some Thoughts Any early predictions for Season 3?
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Our experts' nine bold predictions Trump signs executive order targeting Education Department
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that seeks to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
After some wild previous guesses, including Jeong thinking Pearl was Madonna, the panel had more reasonable (though obviously swayed by the night's theme) predictions for who could be under the mask.
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Prediction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prediction. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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prediction
noun
pre·dic·tion
pri-ˈdik-shən 
1
: an act of predicting
2
: something predicted : forecast
a prediction that there would be an earthquake
predictive
adjective
-ˈdik-tiv
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