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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predict
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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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After some patter from the hype man, Greg Gutfeld came out and read MAGA-dad jokes off a teleprompter, and teed up his four guests: a comedian named Michael Loftus, the anarchist troll Michael Malice, the former MTV v.j. Kennedy, and Cobb, who wore a Chicago Blackhawks hockey jersey.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Ahmed anticipates that the new Taylor Relaxed Barrel with drawstring details is destined to become an instant wardrobe staple this summer as well.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
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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But is the past foolproof in foretelling the future?—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
17 May 2025
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Ultimately, lawyers can’t foretell what will happen at the airport, Oza said.—
Makiya Seminera,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2025
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While the promise of forecasting customer behavior, optimizing operations and boosting efficiency was clear, the reality was often out of reach for most businesses.—
Zohar Bronfman,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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At the end of April, a report from Oxford Economics forecast that U.S. industrial output would shrink by 0.8 percent between 2025 and 2026 as a direct result of the tariffs.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Bolden, who’d warned about lax security practices around President John F. Kennedy, was charged in 1964 with attempting to sell a copy of a Secret Service file to a ring of counterfeiters.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Landsbergis’ own Plan B starts with his home region, the Baltic countries, which have been among the most stalwart in warning the world about Russian aggression and providing aid for Ukraine.—
Tamar Jacoby,
Forbes.com,
28 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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The impending launch, which SpaceX officially announced on Friday, May 23 a day after getting key regulatory approval, could be visible halfway around the world as the 400-foot vehicle soars on a suborbital trajectory.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Courtesy of Coros; OnePlus; Taylor Guitars This week, Fujifilm announced a new digital half-frame compact camera called the X Half.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
24 May 2025
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