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Journalists have begun making predictions about the winner of the coming election.
Despite predictions that the store would fail, it has done very well.
The figures and statistics are used for the prediction of future economic trends.
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Futures and prediction markets imply that by early 2026 the policy rate lands modestly lower than today but not back to the zero-rate world.
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Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The scrutiny is warranted – Hollywood is watching tech companies try to replace creative judgment with pattern recognition, treating the art of storytelling as a prediction problem.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Several states and tribes in California are currently in litigation with prediction-market platform Kalshi, saying event contract exchanges resemble sports wagering and should be governed by sports betting laws.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Oct. 2025
On Monday, the prediction was for trick-or-treat time temperatures on Friday to be around 50.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2025
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Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The scrutiny is warranted – Hollywood is watching tech companies try to replace creative judgment with pattern recognition, treating the art of storytelling as a prediction problem.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Several states and tribes in California are currently in litigation with prediction-market platform Kalshi, saying event contract exchanges resemble sports wagering and should be governed by sports betting laws.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Oct. 2025
On Monday, the prediction was for trick-or-treat time temperatures on Friday to be around 50.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Prediction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prediction. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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prediction
noun
pre·dic·tion
pri-ˈdik-shən 
1
: an act of predicting
2
: something predicted : forecast
a prediction that there would be an earthquake
predictive
adjective
-ˈdik-tiv
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