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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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Below is the complete list of predictions for how much home prices will increase in Idaho’s 13 metropolitan statistical areas from now to March 30, 2025.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 30 Apr. 2024
Despite widespread predictions of a recession, the economy has proved unexpectedly durable.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Apr. 2024
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 30 Apr. 2024
Despite widespread predictions of a recession, the economy has proved unexpectedly durable.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Prediction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prediction. Accessed 6 May. 2024.
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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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