as in prophetic
being a sign of a later course of events
unfortunately, the stock market crash of 1929 turned out to be a predictive event, for the next decade was consumed by the Great Depression
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Zoom out: The acquisition supports Later's focus on driving sales for brands by improving its predictive analytics with Mavely's data, Sutton says.
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Kerry Flynn, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
For marketing professionals, the challenge is balancing personalization with privacy, respecting individual boundaries even when data offers powerful predictive abilities.
—Beate Van Loo-Born, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
These efforts involve tracking space debris more precisely and deploying predictive systems to foresee and circumvent potential in-orbit collisions.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
The Ipsos report surveyed 250 business decision makers, such as company directors, at companies across the U.S. with at least 500 employees in logistics, manufacturing, creative, life sciences and predictive technologies.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024
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Kerry Flynn, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
For marketing professionals, the challenge is balancing personalization with privacy, respecting individual boundaries even when data offers powerful predictive abilities.
—Beate Van Loo-Born, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
These efforts involve tracking space debris more precisely and deploying predictive systems to foresee and circumvent potential in-orbit collisions.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
The Ipsos report surveyed 250 business decision makers, such as company directors, at companies across the U.S. with at least 500 employees in logistics, manufacturing, creative, life sciences and predictive technologies.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Predictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predictive. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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