predictive
adjective
pre·dic·tive
pri-ˈdik-tiv 
1
: of, relating to, or usable or valuable for prediction
predictive medical factors
2
: based on or generated by using methods of prediction
predictive models
predictive text
Usually predictive policing refers to feeding reams of city data into a computer and dispatching extra officers to areas that are deemed to be at high risk of future crime.—
Leon Neyfakh
Leon Neyfakh
predictively
adverb
Like an astrological chart, it can be made to fit any case, and it works better retrospectively than predictively.
—Carol Tavris
Carol Tavris
Examples of predictive in a Sentence
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The absence of either predictive or generative AI would have restricted the range of possibilities available to Insilico.
—David Zuluaga Martínez, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
As a result, the balloon’s launch site will be chosen by predictive modeling, based on wind speed and direction.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
This predictive technology taps into the vehicle’s ECU, controlling all aspects of the car’s behavior, while measuring all driver inputs.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
Those divides were especially predictive of opinions on sexuality and gender identity, the study found.
—USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
Faster rate approval and predictive catastrophe modeling are two of three key demands insurers have insisted are needed to stabilize the insurance market and provide homeowners with more coverage options.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
The predictive algorithms on which parents to cross and which genetic combinations to create have become so sophisticated that Bayer can undergo the process three to four times a year versus every few years before AI.
—John Kell, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
But Alphonso David, president & CEO of The Global Black Economic Forum, who is helping to represent the Fearless Fund, said the Texas ruling is not necessarily predictive of how those other cases will play out.
—Alexandra Olson, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
Underscoring an opportunity to free procurement from manual tasks and suboptimal business systems, today’s technology advancements – such as AI, collaboration tools, machine learning, and predictive analytics – are reshaping decision-making.
—Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
David Zuluaga Martínez, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
As a result, the balloon’s launch site will be chosen by predictive modeling, based on wind speed and direction.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
This predictive technology taps into the vehicle’s ECU, controlling all aspects of the car’s behavior, while measuring all driver inputs.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
Those divides were especially predictive of opinions on sexuality and gender identity, the study found.
—USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
Faster rate approval and predictive catastrophe modeling are two of three key demands insurers have insisted are needed to stabilize the insurance market and provide homeowners with more coverage options.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
The predictive algorithms on which parents to cross and which genetic combinations to create have become so sophisticated that Bayer can undergo the process three to four times a year versus every few years before AI.
—John Kell, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
But Alphonso David, president & CEO of The Global Black Economic Forum, who is helping to represent the Fearless Fund, said the Texas ruling is not necessarily predictive of how those other cases will play out.
—Alexandra Olson, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
Underscoring an opportunity to free procurement from manual tasks and suboptimal business systems, today’s technology advancements – such as AI, collaboration tools, machine learning, and predictive analytics – are reshaping decision-making.
—Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Predictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predictive. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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