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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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Officials said the men weren’t prepared for the weather conditions, which included predictions of snow, sleet and rain.
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Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
See more of our Oscar nominations predictions here.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Consequently, there is still time to prevent my bleak prediction for 2025 from being realized.
—Harvey Whitehouse, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2025
The storm outperformed forecasters' predictions, which said up to 8 inches of snow would fall.
—NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
See more of our Oscar nominations predictions here.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Consequently, there is still time to prevent my bleak prediction for 2025 from being realized.
—Harvey Whitehouse, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2025
The storm outperformed forecasters' predictions, which said up to 8 inches of snow would fall.
—NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Prediction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prediction. Accessed 28 Jan. 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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