prognostication
AmericanEtymology
Origin of prognostication
1350–1400; Middle English pronosticacion < Medieval Latin prognōsticātiōn- (stem of prognōsticātiō ). See prognosticate, -ion
Example Sentences
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“You’re just the person I came to see, but it seems you found me first. Have you acquired skills of prognostication, like our friend Madame Ionesco?”
From Literature
For unless one has the gift of prognostication, are not all events at least somewhat unexpected?
From Literature
“Obviously, the season went the way it went,” veteran third baseman Max Muncy said of a 93-win campaign that, despite including another NL West title, qualified as a disappointment compared to their preseason prognostications.
From Los Angeles Times
In Arya’s view, practical needs such as power, data-center space and water will be more of a limiting factor to the AI infrastructure build-out “than the desires/prognostications of disruptive AI companies.”
From MarketWatch
We’re not quite there on the colonization front, but Smith’s prognostication on viewing habits is right on track.
From Los Angeles Times
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