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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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Here are my predictions: song lyrics will become more direct and angry — probably a response to the noise of social media and cutting through the clutter.
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Ron Hart, SPIN, 10 Jan. 2025
The Yankees blog Bleeding Yankee Blue also examined the Alonso situation on Wednesday and arrived at the same prediction: Alonso back to the Mets for few years and low money.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
For more prep, read Jeff Howe’s NFL insider playoff predictions, where coaches, execs pick wild-card round winners.
—Jacob Robinson, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
The most extreme prediction comes from Dutch amateur astronomer Gideon van Buitenen, who forecasts a peak magnitude of -6, nearly three times brighter than Venus!
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ron Hart, SPIN, 10 Jan. 2025
The Yankees blog Bleeding Yankee Blue also examined the Alonso situation on Wednesday and arrived at the same prediction: Alonso back to the Mets for few years and low money.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
For more prep, read Jeff Howe’s NFL insider playoff predictions, where coaches, execs pick wild-card round winners.
—Jacob Robinson, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
The most extreme prediction comes from Dutch amateur astronomer Gideon van Buitenen, who forecasts a peak magnitude of -6, nearly three times brighter than Venus!
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Prediction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prediction. Accessed 20 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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