predication
noun
pred·i·ca·tion
ˌpre-də-ˈkā-shən 
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2
: an act or instance of predicating: such as
a
: the expression of action, state, or quality by a grammatical predicate
b
: the logical affirmation of something about another
especially
: assignment of something to a class
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But a source at the National Weather Service disputed that, saying some meteorologists including radar specialists were impacted, as were staff of the Hurricane Hunters crew, which fly airplanes into storms during hurricanes to help forecasters make accurate predications.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2025
There’s a killer monkey going loose in theaters, and Kristen Bell is hosting the SAG Awards, which may or may not shake up your Oscar predications.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2025
There is no predication for the FBI to open this investigation.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
In the 10 annual predictions from 2013 to 2022, Punxsutawney Phil was less accurate with his weather predications than flipping a coin would have been.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2025
Another explanation for the way in which these predication charts work is based on the idea that the pregnant person's hormones change from lunar month to lunar month, either becoming more acidic or alkaline at various times.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 30 July 2024
Here's what to know about just how reliable his predications have come to be:
How often is Punxsutawney Phil right?
—USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
What was the predication of this Durham investigation?
—Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2020
But there’s documentation in criminal investigations and in counterintelligence investigations to explain the predication for the opening of a file, that is, the basis for the opening of a file.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2018
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2025
There’s a killer monkey going loose in theaters, and Kristen Bell is hosting the SAG Awards, which may or may not shake up your Oscar predications.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2025
There is no predication for the FBI to open this investigation.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
In the 10 annual predictions from 2013 to 2022, Punxsutawney Phil was less accurate with his weather predications than flipping a coin would have been.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2025
Another explanation for the way in which these predication charts work is based on the idea that the pregnant person's hormones change from lunar month to lunar month, either becoming more acidic or alkaline at various times.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 30 July 2024
Here's what to know about just how reliable his predications have come to be:
How often is Punxsutawney Phil right?
—USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
What was the predication of this Durham investigation?
—Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2020
But there’s documentation in criminal investigations and in counterintelligence investigations to explain the predication for the opening of a file, that is, the basis for the opening of a file.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2018
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“Predication.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predication. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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