- present participle of forecast.
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For the current quarter, STMicroelectronics is forecasting revenue of about $3.70 billion, up from $3.19 billion a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
For the full year, the company is expecting adjusted earnings per share of $8.26 at the midpoint, compared with the $8.36 a share analysts are forecasting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Existing forecasting methods generally provide less advance notice because scientists must wait until the Sun reaches solar minimum, the quietest part of its cycle.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
They will be used to help train AI models capable of swift and reliable forecasting in areas like weather, climate and natural hazards.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
“I make my living forecasting the future for people,” he said.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
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
And then some motherly forecastings of her daughter's future, kindly counsel where she could offer any, and affectionate prayers for the guidance of God where the future was too dark for her to penetrate.
From The Personal Life of David Livingstone by Blaikie, William Garden
He tastes the pleasures of ambition—pleasures full of vague forecastings and long, long hopes.
From Child Life In Town And Country 1909 by Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard)
Between the two of them, however, there was this one essential difference: Scott's forecastings were vague and rosy dreams, Catie's were concrete plans.
From The Brentons by Dexter, Wilson C.
In forecastings of this order, therefore, Davis exercised himself.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
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