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prognoses

noun

plural of prognosis

as in forecasts

a declaration that something will happen in the future the securities analyst's prognosis for the stock market in the new year

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Recent Examples of prognoses My tests provide diagnoses and prognoses and treatment plans for the most complicated medical cases out there. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026 Ruchir Sinha pointed to diagnoses and prognoses arriving months after the relevant event—sometimes so delayed that the information becomes almost moot. — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Adding even one new option—such as RP1—for people whose melanoma has not responded to first-line treatments could make a big difference for patients’ prognoses. — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 2 May 2026 Then their prognoses grew more fragile. — Susan Young, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026 Oosterhoff concedes that psychiatric diagnoses and prognoses are inherently less certain than those of physical illnesses. — Charles Lane, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026 And although some recent box-office prognoses have contemplated whether Melania could perform along the lines of Am I Racist? — Chris Lee, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026

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That speaks volumes about the confidence the company has in its ability to make good on its forecasts.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Parts of California could see more rain than usual this fall, but precipitation forecasts vary by region.

— Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026

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For two different transitions, the researchers measured displacements of about 240 ± 16 nanometers and 463 ± 20 nanometers, closely matching their theoretical predictions of roughly 232 and 464 nanometers.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
But six months into the conflict, the direst predictions haven’t come true even if no corner of the world's economy has been untouched.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

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