Word: predictive
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...National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) helps keep track of the billions of objects swirling around in outer space. It can predict the path of planets and asteroids with extreme precision and must plan years in advance to launch probes within short time windows so they will reach their final destination. Despite these impressive technical accomplishments, NASA appears unable to keep track of its own money...
...Analysts predict U.S. Rep. Amory “Amo” Houghton Jr. ’50, a Republican, will easily win reelection in a reshaped district in upstate New York...
...Some uncertainty may be inevitable: analysts predict that given the number of extremely close races up for grabs Tuesday (and the absence of any meaningful voting system overhaul), we may not know the election results with absolute certainty for days - even weeks...
...question has come under widespread criticism and polls predict it will fail by more than a 2-to-1 margin...
...disseminate intelligence information. Would Sept. 11 have happened if we had done everything perfectly and we had not seen that decline? Perhaps. From here on out, there's never going to be a fail-safe system. We're never going to achieve total perfection in our ability to predict precise acts. But we can do much better...