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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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However, unlike polls, single individuals can sway prediction markets with big bets, as Axios' Brady Dale explained last month.
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Nathan Bomey, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Could part of president of baseball operations David Stearns' offseason strategy include signing Corbin Burnes to a big-money deal?
MLB Trade Rumors released its yearly article ranking the top 50 MLB free agents, which also provides predictions on landing spots and contract terms from four writers.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
As people try to make sense of the latest swings in prediction markets and dramatic shifts in the share price in former President Donald Trump’s social media company, there’s a far simpler predictor with a surprisingly strong track record.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Equally noteworthy is the rising interest in the Web3 prediction platform Polymarket.
—Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Nathan Bomey, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Could part of president of baseball operations David Stearns' offseason strategy include signing Corbin Burnes to a big-money deal?
MLB Trade Rumors released its yearly article ranking the top 50 MLB free agents, which also provides predictions on landing spots and contract terms from four writers.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
As people try to make sense of the latest swings in prediction markets and dramatic shifts in the share price in former President Donald Trump’s social media company, there’s a far simpler predictor with a surprisingly strong track record.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Equally noteworthy is the rising interest in the Web3 prediction platform Polymarket.
—Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Prediction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prediction. Accessed 14 Nov. 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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