How to Use prognosis in a Sentence

prognosis

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  • Right now, doctors say his prognosis is good.
  • The president had a hopeful prognosis about the company's future.
  • And for Kate and Justin's baby, the prognosis was even more grim.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024
  • His prognosis is good, Dr. Singh says – the donor heart should last for more than 25 years.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Kramer has been given a prognosis of just months to live.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
  • That's good news for the team's long-term prognosis, but having the 12-time All-Star on the court didn't help much on Wednesday.
    — David Brandt, ajc, 8 Dec. 2022
  • His gloomy prognosis was that no one might ever emerge with enough votes to win.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Smith is well past 12 to 18 months and well into a number, a prognosis, that no one wants to say out loud.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The initial prognosis was the outfielder could miss four to five games.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2023
  • The prognosis is great, with warmth, style, and details galore.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Given the grim prognosis for Jellybean at that time, the Mendoncas feared the worst.
    — Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The prognosis for people whose cancers are caught late is grim.
    — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Get the full report on Jobe’s prognosis from Our Man Petzold here.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2023
  • What's his prognosis and will these new treatments help him?
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
  • He was filled with dread about his prognosis, after doctors told him there was no way to win the fight against Parkinson's.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2023
  • It has been observed in nursing, but its prognosis is poor, NOAA said.
    — USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The prognosis for fighting the flames Saturday and Sunday was mixed.
    — Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 July 2022
  • Indiana’s civic health has a pulse, but its prognosis could be stronger.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
  • And new science darkens the prognosis for the Atlantic further.
    — Adam H. Sobel, CNN, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Once prostate cancer has spread far from the original tumor, the prognosis is grim.
    — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2023
  • My prognosis has left me shocked, sad, angry and confused.
    — Amy Ettinger For The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Lauren Goode: That's a long time to have your head in these really dire reports and prognosis.
    — Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 19 July 2023
  • While there was great joy among the crowd that Eliana was happy, it was sharply contrasted by reminders of her dire prognosis.
    — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2022
  • Sides did not give an official prognosis for Hull pregame, but said the rehab process for her injury is slow.
    — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Aug. 2023
  • One day in early March, when Eason stopped by to check on Waite, his mother asked him to be upfront about her son’s prognosis.
    — Max Blau, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The third and smallest of the cubs at only 500 grams was given a grave prognosis from the start due to its small size and severe laceration on its leg.
    — Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But for the roughly 30% to 40% of people with kidney cancer that spreads to other parts of the body, the prognosis was dispiritingly grim.
    — Markham Heid, Time, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The prognosis of the frog with the mushroom hitchhiker is unknown, but there are a handful of theories as to the cause of its condition.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The political prognosis of the next several years just got even more grim, but there was also no way to avoid it.
    — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 13 June 2023
  • There has not been an update on his long-term prognosis, Weber said Friday.
    — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2022

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