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If agents begin to outnumber people on corporate networks, as many analysts are predicting, that would be a direct shot at the per-user fee structure at many software companies, replacing it with a consumption-based charge.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Some forecasters are predicting that Northern California will see an above-normal incidence of significant fires due to the dryness of the vegetation, but the picture for Southern California is less clear.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

While most experts are predicting this hantavirus outbreak will peter out, it’s not the kind of prediction you want to be wrong about either.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

Few investors are predicting recession, even as worries about inflation and slower growth prompt talk of stagflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

For if Germany cannot feed its own population during the long war that its foes are predicting with so much assurance, her defeat is only a question of time.

From New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various