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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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By improving scientists' understanding of these unusual solar events, the research may also strengthen space weather forecasting, helping protect satellites and spacecraft from dangerous solar activity.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

It shows that forecasting hurricane seasons is complex.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Huang said in January that demand for H200 is “quite high” and that he expected major purchase orders soon, but the company still isn’t forecasting any revenue from the world’s second-largest economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

It’s still early in the cycle, but the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow forecasting tool predicts 4% growth in the second quarter, double the 2% increase in the first three months of the year.

From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026

Against his bleak forecasting is set my mother’s cheerfulness, in retrospect profoundly willed.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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