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noun

as in forecast

a declaration that something will happen in the future the construction company's forecasting of a September 1 completion date for the new school was wildly optimistic

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adjective

as in predicting

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verb

present participle of forecast

as in reading

to tell of or describe beforehand the station's meteorologist forecasts sun for the next five days

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Satellites support communication networks, provide navigation signals and deliver information used for weather forecasting. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Fortran also remains important in scientific computing, including weather forecasting and nuclear reactor safety analysis. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026 Other applications include weather forecasting for aviation and wildfire monitoring. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2026 In Cannes, MarediModa will present David Shah’s Spring/Summer 2028 trend-forecasting program for beachwear, bodywear and athleisure, each with five distinct fashion attitudes inspired by music and cultural subcultures. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 The Treasury Department pushed back against Georgieva’s warning by questioning the IMF’s forecasting record in a statement to Fortune. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 The amount of compute and infrastructure needed for weather forecasting has often left technological advances out of reach for many agencies in economically developing countries. — Justine Calma, The Verge, 14 Oct. 2026 Fraud detection, reconciliation, transaction classification, payment routing and liquidity forecasting each require different forms of analysis. — Ozan Ozerk, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The Florida Public Service Commission should also require transparent forecasting, reliability planning and public reporting. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

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Analysts are forecasting overall growth of 29% for companies in the S&P 500 from the prior summer, according to the data firm FactSet. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Research firm Gartner published a report on Wednesday forecasting that over 80% of neocloud providers will cease operations by 2030, due to costs and lack of a unique business model. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 Micron Technology is another standout, with analysts forecasting nearly 70% upside to their consensus price target. — Nick Wells, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 Hall found that forecasting future consumer spending is virtually impossible. — Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026 With multiple CMEs potentially reaching Earth in quick succession, forecasting exactly when the geomagnetic activity will intensify if particularly challenging. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Gartner flagged this direction in February 2024, forecasting a 25% drop in traditional search engine volume by 2026 as generative AI tools absorb queries that used to route through a search box. — Gaetano Romeo, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Bots are overrunning the web, with some executives forecasting a world in which autonomous traffic outnumbers human internet searchers 1,000-to-1. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The idea is rather simple; by considering many different climate models instead of just one, the underlying uncertainty can be taken into account when forecasting out weeks or months in advance. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Just 3% of respondents expect electricity demand from AI to be lower than forecast; a majority see the technology as becoming more influential than innovations in renewable energy over the next decade.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Netflix — Shares of Netflix fell almost 5% after the streaming giant narrowed its 2026 full-year forecast .

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of forecast

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Next year will see more classic accessories used in less traditional ways with Whatnot predicting shoppers will reuse pieces that are in their own closets.

— Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
When the year started, investors were predicting a slew of AI companies going public, including SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of predicting

Noun

These fictional chips are then summoned into existence by the delusional commitment of more than two million chip-industry employees to the perpetuation of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
In the road movie, which is Thailand’s international Oscar feature film submission, a prophecy prompts an aging grandmother to embark on a nine-temple pilgrimage with her children and grandchildren.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026

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