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
unfortunately, the stock market crash of 1929 turned out to be a predictive event, for the next decade was consumed by the Great Depression
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Beate Van Loo-Born, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
These efforts involve tracking space debris more precisely and deploying predictive systems to foresee and circumvent potential in-orbit collisions.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
The Ipsos report surveyed 250 business decision makers, such as company directors, at companies across the U.S. with at least 500 employees in logistics, manufacturing, creative, life sciences and predictive technologies.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024
The ability to draw statistical conclusions and use predictive analytics to reduce hazards with fewer resources is made possible by them.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Predictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predictive. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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