Example Sentences

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But those predictions were made before the Iran war.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

The latest summary of economic predictions could show points of contention.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

Estimates were calculated for every 1km2 of terrestrial land, excluding ice caps and regions where data were insufficient for reliable predictions.

From Science Daily • Jun. 15, 2026

OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei have softened earlier predictions of a white-collar job apocalypse, albeit ahead of recently announced plans for initial public offerings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Proper naked-eye observations of novae and comets could produce results incompatible with celestial-sphere astronomy, but these results were irrelevant to planetary predictions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton