forecast
verb (used with object)
to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance.
had been forecasting
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past perfect progressiveof forecast.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Ahead of the decision to hold off on the new tariffs, analysts had been forecasting that Trump would back down.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Stripping out one-time items, adjusted earnings were $1.58 a share, a penny lower than what analysts had been forecasting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Analysts polled by FactSet had been forecasting an adjusted loss of 65 cents a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Wall Street had been forecasting earnings of $1.31 a share on revenue of $5.6 billion.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
And with the start of school came the "summer slump" that our irritable neighbor, Mr. Featherbrain, had been forecasting.
From Four and Twenty Beds by Nancy Vogel
