Example Sentences

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That’s largely to do with semiconductor companies, which have been predicting better earnings than the analysts who cover them, says Jonathan Golub, chief equity strategist at Seaport Research Partners.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

That said, plenty of investors and economists have been predicting a recession or market downturn for three years now, only for markets and the economy to power ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Scientists have been predicting these deadly conditions for decades.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2025

The total is the most definitive evidence of a slowdown that executives have been predicting for at least a year.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

For several hundred years commentators on the English language have been predicting, lamenting, or celebrating the imminent extinction of the subjunctive mood.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker