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  • noun Plural form of predictor.

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Examples

  • The Golden Globes, one of the biggest Oscar predictors, is here, and we'll be live blogging you through the show.

    Golden Globe Awards 2010: The MTV Live Blog! » MTV Movies Blog 2010

  • Ay noted that long-term predictors of stroke, such as smoking, diabetes, and hypertension, did not predict short-term stroke risk.

    MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009

  • Surprisingly, long-term predictors of stroke -- such as smoking, diabetes and hypertension

    Forbes.com: News 2009

  • Another interesting finding in the study was that long-term predictors of stroke, such as smoking, diabetes and hypertension did not predict short-term strokes.

    Newswise: Latest News 2009

  • But now, a focus on unfavorable current EBITDA multiples is displacing long term predictors of success such as market size, growth rate, technology and management experience.

    GalaTime 2009

  • Studies by University of California San Diego, and Harvard, found that nicotine traces in toenail clippings provide "predictors" - of heart problems.

    Our Stolen Evidence...Against the Pesticide/Dioxin Cartel 2008

  • Prophetic Christians, Phillips writes, often shape their view of politics and the world around signs that charlatan biblical scholars have identified as predictors of the apocalypse †among them a war in Iraq, the Jewish settlement of the whole of biblical Israel, even the rise of terrorism.

    Firedoglake » Party Woes in the News…GOP, That Is 2006

  • Prophetic Christians, Phillips writes, often shape their view of politics and the world around signs that charlatan biblical scholars have identified as predictors of the apocalypse — among them a war in Iraq, the Jewish settlement of the whole of biblical Israel, even the rise of terrorism.

    Firedoglake » Democrats vs. Theocrats 2006

  • These variables are considered by clinicians as two of the most influential factors used to determine treatment for prostate cancer and have also been previously identified as predictors of death in prostate cancer

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2009

  • The "predictors" one will come out first, though it's unclear exactly when, Ms. Locke said, and the one about polling will come out in time for the 2012 election.

    Ann Godoff at Penguin Press Prevails in Intramural Beauty Contest for Nate Silver 2008

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