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prognostics

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plural of prognostic

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a declaration that something will happen in the future a prognostic of a global pandemic that turned out to be distressingly accurate

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The most promising designs are then tested, and the results are fed back into the system for future predictions.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
That said, Ishbia isn't shying away from making concrete predictions about this season for the Suns.

— Alex Sherman, CNBC, 16 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
On the earnings call, though, management offered better-than-expected net interest income forecasts for the fourth quarter and 2027.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

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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
Delphi sits above a geologic vent, an X from which noxious gases escaped the earth, corrupting the minds of women who inhaled and pronounced their prophecies.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026

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