Thesaurus results for PREJUDGE

prejudge

verb

Definition of prejudge

as in to predict

to form an opinion about (someone or something) before you have enough understanding or knowledge Officials complain that some reporters have prejudged the outcome of the investigation. She was wrong for prejudging him.

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Recent Examples of prejudge Referees are charged with employing strict impartiality, but at the same time are expected to be more forgiving of offenders who are ‘not that kind of player’ while not prejudging those with reputations, however well deserved. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 19 June 2026 Reporting that the 15 member schools have already decided that Texas Tech shouldn’t play Sorsby could be construed as prejudging Texas Tech and failing to honor the procedural safeguards guaranteed by the bylaws. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 June 2026 While the judicial canons prohibit me from prejudging any specific case, the law is the final authority. — Nathaniel Percy, Daily News, 5 May 2026 Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates are typically hesitant to share their views on political issues to avoid the appearance of prejudging cases that could come before them. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prejudge

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predict

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Forecasters are predicting that the northeast and Mid-Atlantic will experience similar amounts of flooding as happened during a 2023 El Niño event — a record setting year.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
The conjecture predicts that for the curve xa = yb, a count of the matrix solutions will always collapse into a Rogers-Ramanujan-type identity.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026

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