How to Use prediction in a Sentence

prediction

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  • 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.
  • Journalists have begun making predictions about the winner of the coming election.
  • On the day of the eclipse, predictions call for warmer weather.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
  • This makes his predictions sound like the stuff of a madman or a prophet.
    — David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
  • What are your thoughts on these trends and predictions?
    — Raviteja Dodda, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Gusts will reach between 25 and 35 mph, the prediction states.
    — Savanna Smith, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The full list of Whipp’s predictions is available here.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Game 1 predictions: Who will win between the Nuggets and Heat?
    — oregonlive, 1 June 2023
  • Catch up on all the nominees, plus EW's predictions for who will take home the gold.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
  • That chance drops to 60-80% Thursday, but that’s still nearly a week out and predictions could change.
    — oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The hard work of it all becomes the wait and prediction for a thick-fog day—the easy part was watching Jackson crush it on a mountain bike!
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The zoo has since changed the ceremony, so that Chuck is no longer held aloft during the prediction.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Here are our predictions for the nominees — and who will (and should) take home the statue on Grammy night.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023
  • But that also doesn't mean the entire prediction was wrong.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Three predictions for Night 2 — 7:00 p.m. The Patriots will make one trade tonight.
    — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The West Division prediction, though, came down to a single point.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 25 July 2023
  • Check out their predictions for this weekend's games ahead of Friday night.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 26 Aug. 2023
  • But Summers has also made predictions that still do not appear to have been borne out, at least not yet.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Mostly those things bore out the predictions, and many people’s predilections too.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 12 June 2023
  • By the numbers Jeff Miller’s prediction There’s every reason to think the Chargers will prevail in this game.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Here are Vulture’s predictions for which films will pop at the ticket counter and stir up the conversation during the dog days of 2023.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 May 2023
  • Gurman hedges pretty hard on this prediction, but the timing feels right.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 16 July 2023
  • What are your predictions for how awards season might look this year given what the industry went through in 2023?
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Timely prediction of the storm and a response like the swift opening of the dam gates might have helped prevent such a disaster, experts said.
    — Ziad Jaber, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Read on for what April's new moon could mean for you according to your zodiac sign, per Kyle Thomas' predictions!
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Jumping on the home organizing train is a no-brainer, and these are our predictions for the best storage methods of 2024.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The roundtable is here and apparently ready with their predictions for 2024.
    — ABC News, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The fresh data elicited predictions from some economists that hiring could stall by the middle of next year.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • And, given Gates’ prediction, their clients will be just as impacted.
    — Andy Baldwin, Quartz, 1 June 2023

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