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forecasting

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[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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“It’s a market that looks really good from an outsider’s perspective,” said Sam Fiorani, vice president of global vehicle forecasting at research firm AutoForecast Solutions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

On markets: The stock market’s best forecasting tool says returns over the next 10 years will be dismal, writes columnist Mark Hulbert.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The company also updated its profit guidance to factor in acquired in-process research-and-development charges, now forecasting adjusted earnings per share of $35 to $36, compared with $35.50 to $36.50 previously.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

However, the OBR also emphasised the difficulties in economic forecasting, highlighting uncertainty over the future path of inflation, in particular, which could turn out to be either significantly higher or lower than their predictions.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Some pundits, not just from the Soviet Union, were forecasting Tal to be the winner.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

I told these forecastings of Lola's to several friends who, like myself, were watching the weather with anxiety.

From Lola or, The Thought and Speech of Animals by Agnes Blake

It had been a ration party rumour, and ration parties are full of unfulfilled forecastings.

From Non-combatants and Others by Dame Rose Macaulay

"Perfectly," was the whispered response, followed by a silence heavy with forecastings.

From The King of Arcadia by Francis Lynde

From this it follows that repeated forecastings of series of events, by facilitating the imaginative process, tend to beget an illusory appearance of contraction in the time anticipated.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by James Sully

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