as in prediction
a declaration that something will happen in the future
the securities analyst's prognosis for the stock market in the new year
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Recent Examples of prognosis
The prognosis is that the patient will be far stronger, bigger, better, and more resilient than ever before.
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Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
The next few days will tell us an awful lot about the club’s 2025 prognosis.
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—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Put simply, if the CIA findings were correct, the long-term prognosis for the United States was bleak.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2025
But coach Charles Lee remains more focused on the long-term prognosis instead of a postseason-less first campaign as the end of the Hornets’ bench.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
The next few days will tell us an awful lot about the club’s 2025 prognosis.
Follow me on Twitter.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Put simply, if the CIA findings were correct, the long-term prognosis for the United States was bleak.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2025
But coach Charles Lee remains more focused on the long-term prognosis instead of a postseason-less first campaign as the end of the Hornets’ bench.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prognosis
Noun
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Despite the pundits’ predictions, early polling has shown Harris is widely favored to make a comeback after losing to Trump in November.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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Notwithstanding predictions from high-profile international relations experts that the United States and China are likely to stumble into a war at some point in our lives, both have a pretty compelling interest in avoiding such a scenario.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That helps combat the urban heat island effect, where an abundance of manmade surfaces like parking lots, sidewalks and streets absorb and hold onto heat and produce temperatures several degrees hotter than the overall temperature forecast.—
Madeline Heim,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Thursday night’s forecast is partly cloudy with a low around 58.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Apr. 2025
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There’s dread in the hoodoo prophecy that says some blues voices like Sammie’s can unite the living and the dead, like Orpheus.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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Convinced that these were signs of the Second Coming, Parham sought to hasten Christ’s return by training his followers in gifts of the spirit like those found in the Acts of the Apostles—everything from faith healing and prophecy to glossolalia.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Prognosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prognosis. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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