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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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Recent Examples of predict
The quality of the quarterbacks is one of the many reasons experts are predicting another close conference race with potentially more than five contenders in the mix to be the Big 12 champions.
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Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2025
Earlier this year, 2024 Nobel prize winner Daron Acemoglu predicted that AI adoption will increase the U.S. GDP by only as much as 1.6 percent in the next decade, while productivity would only increase 0.05 percent.
—Michael Barclay, Quartz, 19 May 2025
That’s more in profits than consultant AP Triton predicted before the city agreed in summer 2023 to a three-year deal with private providers Falck USA and American Medical Response to create the alliance model.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
During the finale, a video was shown where contestant Breanna Nix — who came in third place — predicted Roberts would be the winner earlier in the season.
—Daniela Avila, People.com, 19 May 2025
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Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2025
Earlier this year, 2024 Nobel prize winner Daron Acemoglu predicted that AI adoption will increase the U.S. GDP by only as much as 1.6 percent in the next decade, while productivity would only increase 0.05 percent.
—Michael Barclay, Quartz, 19 May 2025
That’s more in profits than consultant AP Triton predicted before the city agreed in summer 2023 to a three-year deal with private providers Falck USA and American Medical Response to create the alliance model.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
During the finale, a video was shown where contestant Breanna Nix — who came in third place — predicted Roberts would be the winner earlier in the season.
—Daniela Avila, People.com, 19 May 2025
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The founding team actively reads customer reviews, emails, and support requests to guide product development.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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This issue is a great use case for AI to address by setting up a responder to read and reply using one of a series of templates the customer defines.—
Jeff Catlin,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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In practice, Kearney’s geopolitical dynamics team takes an end-to-end view of what is happening globally, helps anticipate, prioritize and respond to the impacts of what’s happening in the market.—
Alexandra Pastore,
Footwear News,
20 May 2025
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None of it was anticipated before the March 18 ruling.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
20 May 2025
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That could foretell how the justices would rule on antitrust cases regarding NIL or paying athletes to play sports.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
3 May 2025
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Utah’s Great Salt Lake is drying up, foretelling a dire future for residents of Salt Lake City and the surrounding region if something isn’t done soon to reverse the lake’s decline.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forecasts growth to drop to 2.6% in 2025, from 3.6% in the prior year.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
15 May 2025
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As noted in her report, global passenger volume was forecast to increase by 6.7 percent this year, compared with 2024, and surpass the 5 billion mark worldwide for the first time, according to the International Air Transport Association.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Key Takeaways Walmart warns tariffs will raise prices, triggering inflation concerns Markets seek tariff clarity; volatility trends suggest cautious optimism Retail earnings next week may reveal shifting consumer spending habits On Thursday, stocks closed mixed with the S&P 500 up 0.4%.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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The Trump administration is warning Massachusetts communities to stay clear of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations or else.—
Oscar Margain,
NBC news,
16 May 2025
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But our sorry showing in the early rounds undercuts any claim to prognosticating success.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2025
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Most other publications didn’t even bother prognosticating.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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This unilateral order presaged a series of alarming power grabs in the following months—beginning with immigration.—
Kica Matos,
Time,
2 May 2025
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Now, though, an executive order signed by President Trump could presage legal challenges of pioneering California laws that overhauled school discipline by banning willful defiance suspensions for K-12 students.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced emergency legislation to give millions more to county’s schools to maintain core services.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2025
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Those first appearances will be in early 2023; at this writing, router maker TP-Link had just announced a slate of pricey Archer router and Deco mesh Wi-Fi 7 gear to debut in Q1.—
Iyaz Akhtar,
PC Magazine,
13 May 2025
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