How to Use prognosticate in a Sentence

prognosticate

verb
  • According to the Free Press' prognosticating pair, the Cubs will take the division, but the rest is up in the air.
    Dana Sulonen, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2018
  • In October, Talsma says Tony was able to prognosticate his game show fame.
    Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2022
  • No one is really good at prognosticating—in the media or elsewhere—at least not for very long.
    Jim Impoco, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2014
  • My key stat for prognosticating the Rockies pitching season is watching the first couple months of the season and seeing how many innings are pitched by the bullpen.
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Don't be seduced by those who claim to be able to prognosticate, instead be proactive about how to keep yourself safe during an earthquake.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2018
  • After a 6-7 start in the first baker's dozen of games, the defending champions look more mortal than many prognosticated in the early spring.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Trying to prognosticate about which volcanoes might erupt is about as predictable as who will make this year's baseball playoffs.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2016
  • Models originally prognosticated that a wave of low pressure would throw a deck of cloud cover over the coastline.
    Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 1 July 2019
  • Like the latter set of nominees, the actors selected by their peers aren’t very likely to surprise those who have been keeping up with award prognosticating this year.
    Toni Collette, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Because of his stature in Silicon Valley, Dr. Moore was often called on to prognosticate about the future of science and technology.
    Kathleen Day, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Nevertheless, faith in Tom Brady at home remains a near-absolute in my prognosticating canon.
    Greg Cote, miamiherald, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Remember, nothing on the internet can prognosticate perfectly, but Kayak’s metrics are a helpful gauge.
    Fox News, 11 June 2017
  • When the zoo's most recent groundhog, Wynter, died in 2017, polar bear Snow Lilly performed the duties normally handled by a prognosticating rodent this past February.
    Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2018
  • Of course, prognosticating anyone’s future is a fool’s errand in the current administration, but looking at which Cabinet secretaries have been fired and why could provide a guide to Pruitt’s fortunes under Trump.
    Umair Irfan, Vox, 15 June 2018
  • The next step in the historic impeachment of President Trump has been looming for almost a month now, and after all the strategizing, prognosticating and negotiating, the pieces are finally falling into place for a Senate trial.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 14 Jan. 2020
  • That called for some elasticity of mind, some willingness to view this new circumstance with a measure of charity and receptivity – a determination to watch and listen rather than pronounce and prognosticate.
    Barton Swaim, Twin Cities, 25 May 2017
  • The obsessive-compulsive Mac me-zine community has been prognosticating for quite some time now, but with exceptionally little certainty.
    Lukas Hauser, WIRED, 18 July 2001
  • Buyers could look at more social media reactions, from Twitter to Letterboxd, to prognosticate prospective audience responses.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2022
  • This kind of information allows for better prognosticating their future production.
    Jared Diamond, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2018

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