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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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This is the first of a four-part series covering their perspectives, starting with the top AI home trend predictions for 2025.
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Jamie Gold, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Trump’s return to the White House has been celebrated widely by the QAnon community, members of which believe that all of the wild predictions that Q made in their thousands of posts will now come true.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
Their predictions range from speculating about Disney CEO Bob Iger’s succession to the future of Comcast and The Washington Post.
—Michele Luhn, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Here's what the stars have in store for your love life, health, career and finances in 2025, according to celebrity astrologer Kyle Thomas' predictions
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The future is looking bright, Aquarius!
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Jamie Gold, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Trump’s return to the White House has been celebrated widely by the QAnon community, members of which believe that all of the wild predictions that Q made in their thousands of posts will now come true.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
Their predictions range from speculating about Disney CEO Bob Iger’s succession to the future of Comcast and The Washington Post.
—Michele Luhn, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Here's what the stars have in store for your love life, health, career and finances in 2025, according to celebrity astrologer Kyle Thomas' predictions
Comments
The future is looking bright, Aquarius!
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Prediction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prediction. Accessed 30 Dec. 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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