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noun

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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adjective

as in predicting

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verb

present participle of forecast

as in reading

to tell of or describe beforehand the station's meteorologist forecasts sun for the next five days

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In Cannes, MarediModa will present David Shah’s Spring/Summer 2028 trend-forecasting program for beachwear, bodywear and athleisure, each with five distinct fashion attitudes inspired by music and cultural subcultures. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 The Treasury Department pushed back against Georgieva’s warning by questioning the IMF’s forecasting record in a statement to Fortune. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 The amount of compute and infrastructure needed for weather forecasting has often left technological advances out of reach for many agencies in economically developing countries. — Justine Calma, The Verge, 14 Oct. 2026 Fraud detection, reconciliation, transaction classification, payment routing and liquidity forecasting each require different forms of analysis. — Ozan Ozerk, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The Florida Public Service Commission should also require transparent forecasting, reliability planning and public reporting. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 One very important area of research that today’s scientists – and future scientists – can work on is improving forecasting so coastal residents know what’s coming and have time to prepare. — Zachary Handlos, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026 An area of thunderstorms had hit this region in the Caribbean on Thursday night and could have contributed to the turbulence, Dan DePodwin, vice president of forecasting operations, told the Herald. — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 The organization disburses the funds as grants for projects, including trail maintenance, emergency first responder training and equipment, avalanche forecasting and more, according to its website. — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 8 Oct. 2026

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Hall found that forecasting future consumer spending is virtually impossible. — Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026 Analysts are forecasting overall growth of nearly 30% for companies in the S&P 500 during the summer from a year earlier, according to FactSet. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 With multiple CMEs potentially reaching Earth in quick succession, forecasting exactly when the geomagnetic activity will intensify if particularly challenging. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile overnight, South Korean tech titan Samsung is forecasting a record third-quarter profit of $80 billion. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 Gartner flagged this direction in February 2024, forecasting a 25% drop in traditional search engine volume by 2026 as generative AI tools absorb queries that used to route through a search box. — Gaetano Romeo, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Bots are overrunning the web, with some executives forecasting a world in which autonomous traffic outnumbers human internet searchers 1,000-to-1. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The idea is rather simple; by considering many different climate models instead of just one, the underlying uncertainty can be taken into account when forecasting out weeks or months in advance. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Climate Central scientist Zachary Labe notes that forecasting the weather is complex and variable, which makes such predictions tricky. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026

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For federal elections, the Federal Election Commission is the government agency, but for race handicapping and battleground forecasts, election tracking resources and news organizations provide race-by-race projections.

— Rakesh Agrawal, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
The Congressional Budget Office still publishes an annual long-term budget forecast, and reports by the Congressional Research Service and Government Accountability Office often offer long-range perspectives.

— John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

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Here’s what to know Sports betting is banned in California, yet online prediction market platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket let residents wager on professional game outcomes through a brokerage-style system.

— Scott Lebar. Story produced with AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Chargers-Chiefs game prediction If not for the Chargers’ outrageous injury list, this would make for the perfect situation to pick a surprise Los Angeles win, or at the very least a cover.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of prediction

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All of this can make inflation a self-fulfilling prophecy, rendering the monetary policy tools at the Fed's disposal less effective in slowing price growth.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
The medium, a succession of Delphic priestesses, was a woman who offered prophecies (sometimes in highly ambiguous verse) which were ostensibly based on counsel that came directly from Apollo.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

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