as in forecast
a declaration that something will happen in the future
the construction company's forecasting of a September 1 completion date for the new school was wildly optimistic
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as in reading
to tell of or describe beforehand
the station's meteorologist forecasts sun for the next five days
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Recent Examples of forecasting
Jason Phillips, AZCentral.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Here's what 4 forecasting models predict What are tips for watching the northern lights?
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
This platform offers tailorable workflows and advanced data forecasting to help businesses make more informed development decisions.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Weather forecasting is a powerful tool.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
During the three-year run, students will learn merchandising, styling, marketing strategy, brand development, trend forecasting and fashion communications, in order to have the skill set to stay relevant in global markets.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
The park actually publishes a congestion forecasting calendar on its website to help people avoid situations like this.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 22 Oct. 2025
Now, Tetlock is exploring what happens when LLMs enter the forecasting mix.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
In industries like customer service or supply chain management, this could mean embedding AI into existing platforms to streamline workflows, augment human decision-making, or improve forecasting accuracy.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
Netflix is now forecasting a 2025 operating margin of 29% (compared with its prior expectations for a 30% reported operating margin) because of the impact of the Brazilian tax dispute.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
The jet stream picked it up and carried it to the northeast, which is pretty common, and weather models did a pretty good job in forecasting its track into the Bering Sea.
—Rick Thoman, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
Still, the organization slashed its 2026 outlook, forecasting the world’s economy will cool.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The move comes just a day after the AI chip darling finished lower in sympathy with Oracle shares after a report that the company was seeing lighter margins in its cloud business than analysts were forecasting.
—Sean Conlon,sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
AccuWeather is also forecasting a high risk of a tropical or subtropical development off the East Coast between October 10 and 12.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
When the Fed cut borrowing costs last month, Chairman Jerome Powell warned that the overall economic picture was so unusual that central bankers were having a hard time forecasting what would come next.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
Those close to the White House, however, defended the prosecution, forecasting there would be more to follow.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 26 Sep. 2025
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Each platform comes standard with sales forecasting, scoring, and process automation, and is a robust system for SMBs.
—Jason Phillips, AZCentral.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Here's what 4 forecasting models predict What are tips for watching the northern lights?
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
This platform offers tailorable workflows and advanced data forecasting to help businesses make more informed development decisions.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Weather forecasting is a powerful tool.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
During the three-year run, students will learn merchandising, styling, marketing strategy, brand development, trend forecasting and fashion communications, in order to have the skill set to stay relevant in global markets.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
The park actually publishes a congestion forecasting calendar on its website to help people avoid situations like this.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 22 Oct. 2025
Now, Tetlock is exploring what happens when LLMs enter the forecasting mix.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
In industries like customer service or supply chain management, this could mean embedding AI into existing platforms to streamline workflows, augment human decision-making, or improve forecasting accuracy.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Indy remains under a freeze warning Thursday night as the National Weather Service is forecasting temperatures in the low 30s.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
Netflix is now forecasting a 2025 operating margin of 29% (compared with its prior expectations for a 30% reported operating margin) because of the impact of the Brazilian tax dispute.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
The jet stream picked it up and carried it to the northeast, which is pretty common, and weather models did a pretty good job in forecasting its track into the Bering Sea.
—Rick Thoman, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
Still, the organization slashed its 2026 outlook, forecasting the world’s economy will cool.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The move comes just a day after the AI chip darling finished lower in sympathy with Oracle shares after a report that the company was seeing lighter margins in its cloud business than analysts were forecasting.
—Sean Conlon,sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
AccuWeather is also forecasting a high risk of a tropical or subtropical development off the East Coast between October 10 and 12.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
When the Fed cut borrowing costs last month, Chairman Jerome Powell warned that the overall economic picture was so unusual that central bankers were having a hard time forecasting what would come next.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
Those close to the White House, however, defended the prosecution, forecasting there would be more to follow.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forecasting
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Even Hawaii’s Big Island summits are under a Winter Weather Advisory, with up to five inches of snow and freezing rain forecast overnight into Sunday morning.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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As this tricky forecast comes into focus, all signs point to Jamaica being ground zero for what could become one of the most destructive hurricanes of the season.—
Chris Dolce,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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When further trained on human and virus protein interactions, PLM-Interact again outperformed existing models in predicting how viruses interact with host proteins.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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Bleacher Report's Kristopher Knox made a significant projection for Pittsburgh following the loss, predicting that Mike Tomlin's club will swing a trade for New Orleans Saints receiver Rashid Shaheed.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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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
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Yesterday seemed much more like a team retreating by choice, both through in-game changes and by the sheer fear of surrendering another lead — a fear that became a self-fulfilling prophecy.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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As natural disasters erupt, Virginia flees Detroit with her son Joshua, guided by visions that suggest her child is central to an ancient prophecy.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
4 Oct. 2025
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