as in to read
to tell of or describe beforehand
I can't even begin to predict what housing prices will be like 30 years from now
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Join 388 others in the comments View Comments Sentiment surveys don’t necessarily predict future spending behavior.
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Bryan Mena, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
Oscar predicting, like forecasting in sports or politics, is an imperfect science.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 25 Feb. 2025
In January, the federal agency had predicted a 20% increase.
—Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
In the study, Grant and her team used extensive bioinformatics and sequence analysis to predict whether T cells would recognize H5N1 based on past data (not surprisingly, testing live H5N1 virus strains in a laboratory is very risky and therefore highly restricted).
—New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2025
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Bryan Mena, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
Oscar predicting, like forecasting in sports or politics, is an imperfect science.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 25 Feb. 2025
In January, the federal agency had predicted a 20% increase.
—Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
In the study, Grant and her team used extensive bioinformatics and sequence analysis to predict whether T cells would recognize H5N1 based on past data (not surprisingly, testing live H5N1 virus strains in a laboratory is very risky and therefore highly restricted).
—New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2025
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Learning to read those cues wasn't just a neutral process.—
Rebekah Taussig,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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This morning’s must reads A string of at least 10 heists targeting BNSF trains in California and Arizona since last March have resulted in the theft of about $2 million worth of Nike sneakers.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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In connection with the completion of the Transactions, New Lionsgate (Lionsgate Studios Corp) anticipates having approximately $1,755.3 million of outstanding indebtedness, while Starz anticipates having approximately $631.7 million of outstanding indebtedness.—
Joe Cornell,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Cleveland-Cliffs reported a loss of 92 cents per share for the fourth quarter, while analysts were anticipating a loss of 61 cents, according to LSEG.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2025
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Kessler’s hiring could foretell antitrust litigation that would rattle a hockey world already coming to terms with the NCAA allowing more junior players to join Division I college teams.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Written soon after the death of Mahler’s daughter and soon before his own, the symphony is a sombre, reflective, and reverberant adieu, brewing such melancholy that Leonard Bernstein theorized that Mahler was foretelling his own end.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2025
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The state is projected to be short 1,743 doctors by 2030, according to a study published in Human Resources for Health that forecast nationwide physician shortages.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Feb. 2025
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While the traditional public-private partnership models for delivering weather information may be under scrutiny, climate change is making accurate weather forecasting more essential than ever.—
Sweta Chakraborty,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The retailing giant on Thursday provided a 2025 sales and profit forecast that was lower than analysts had expected, with executives warning about new challenges in an uncertain economic landscape.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Sydney Reuters — Airlines have been contacted by Australia’s air traffic control agency warning them of reports of live fire off the country’s east coast where a Chinese navy task group has been operating, the agency and Australian officials said.—
Reuters,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2025
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Utah The Hotline undoubtedly has a more optimistic view of Utah’s prospects than most others in the prognosticating business.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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That hasn’t stopped our stalwart insiders from viewing them and preferentially voting in 10 Oscar categories (most points for most likely, or most hoped for, to succeed) for your prognosticating pleasure.—
Michael Ordoña,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Nov. 2024
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State of play: Councilwoman Rebecca Maurer and Council President Blaine Griffin went at each other in public remarks, presaging what could be a larger ideological battle about the new ward map.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
26 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, opposition to elements of the American System was one of the chief policy goals of early Democratic politicians such as Andrew Jackson, and fights over the system presaged later sectional fights leading up to the Civil War.—
Erik Guzik / The Conversation,
Quartz,
4 Nov. 2024
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The school announced that Faulkner, along with other donors, gave gifts to the Camden Scholars Program.—
Lucas Frau,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Since Trump has taken office, Musk announced that USAID would shut down.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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