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forecasting

American  
[fawr-kast-ing, fohr-, -kahst-ing] / ˈfɔrˌkæst ɪŋ, ˈfoʊr-, -ˌkɑst ɪŋ /

noun

  • forecastings
    plural
  1. the act of making predictions about the future based on currently available information.


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Saudi Arabia saw one of the sharpest falls in projected growth, with the IMF forecasting a contraction of 3.3 percent -- a cut in the forecast of 5.0 percentage points.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

However, long-range forecasting is fraught with uncertainty and while the season as a whole may be mild, some chilly interludes are also anticipated.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Last year, Nardi and Mazzini also published research forecasting an increase in MHWs along the U.S.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

A much bigger drop is likely to be seen with EV sales, with Cox forecasting a 45% year-over-year decline for the third quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Now the experts hustled to explain their faulty forecasting.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Although the attitude of Canadian weathermen towards their U. S. collaborators continued warm, their forecastings were cloudy, omitted any mention of barometric pressure.

From Time Magazine Archive

It remains to be seen whether the Marxian prophecy of the international alliance of workingmen that is obscured by the present conflict in Europe, and other of his forecastings, will be ultimately verified.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Vachel Lindsay

It is unexplored territory, too difficult for the present writer, and must be left to the forecastings of the better informed.

From What Not A Prophetic Comedy by Dame Rose Macaulay

No one knew just how much Miss Brentwood had to do with the long-delayed awakening of David Kent; but in Loring's forecastings she enjoyed the full benefit of the doubt.

From The Grafters by Francis Lynde

He was wiser in his forecastings than I was in mine.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Francis Lynde

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