How to Use predictable in a Sentence

predictable

adjective
Definition of predictablenext
Synonyms for predictablenext
  • The rest of the ballots in the final ranking weren't as predictable.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Paying attention to patterns over time can also help, even if the timing is less predictable.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2024
  • For the most part, the winners were also predictable enough to avoid any major controversies.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 11 Jan. 2023
  • In a category with only five slots available, the lineup for the award for best actor could be fairly predictable.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2023
  • To a certain extent, two party politics are pretty predictable.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Likewise, buck bedding areas in swamps are usually predictable since their dry-land options are limited.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Their latest nightmare was perhaps predictable given India's decade-long stranglehold at home.
    — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
  • In general, dividends are not always predictable, following the ups and downs of company profits over time.
    — Dividend Channel, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • As in math, there are clear parameters, regular operations, predictable variables, and sets of rules that govern.
    — Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Harris would be a more predictable leader — and predictability is a quality foreign governments cherish.
    — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The earthquakes in Turkey and Syria were, like most earthquakes, both utterly shocking and entirely predictable.
    — Jenna Krajeski, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2023
  • This would seem to be the most predictable thing in the world, right?
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The scenes are slick, the action is fast and the outcomes are predictable.
    — Amber Dowling, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
  • As for the sad-sack Jets, their 30-10 loss to the Cowboys was all too predictable.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The Spoilers All of this may make sense, but the Grammys are rarely so predictable.
    — Ben Sisario, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The Golden Globes used to involve a predictable kind of chaos.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The future is no longer predictable in terms of what to expect next.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 11 June 2023
  • Most of this was, to say the least, utterly predictable.
    — G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Though partial to Loewe, her looks are far from predictable.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The costs are more predictable, and the revenue can be substantial.
    — Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Thus, the predictable occurred once the Sox hit the field, dropping the series finale, 10-3.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • For a team that played almost none of its starters in the preseason, that’s predictable.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2023
  • After that pulling the fire alarm was as predictable as Pavlov’s dogs drooling.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The Dunlops feel more predictable near the limit but less crisp at lower speeds.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 14 May 2023
  • Every arc is given short shrift, and most of the story beats are all too predictable.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Year in and year out, the advent of summer in San Diego is predictable for music fans in at least two key ways.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
  • Meanwhile, cash flow in the sector is predictable — people have to die.
    — Verena Sepp, Fortune, 18 May 2024
  • As with many things, there is no predictable arc of growth, of progress, of discovery, in surfing.
    — Mylène Dressler, Longreads, 11 Apr. 2023
  • If people can see each other, things are more predictable, and then things are safer.
    — Curbed, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The film, for all its predictable elements, proves inspirational in the best sense of the word.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2024

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