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  • Is there something about the freedom to dream, to explore, to imagine in fiction that taps into some prognosticatory wellspring?

    Predictive fiction « Write Anything 2008

  • As all Floridians with an ounce of sense know, it's probably best not to put a lot of stock in Bill Nelson's prognosticatory skills.

    A bucket of warm piss Sinfonian 2008

  • But Goatsnose in the meantime, prosecuting the intended purpose of his prognosticatory response, touched very rudely, with the above-mentioned shaking thumb, now his eyes, then his forehead, and after that the borders and corners of his cap.

    Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

  • But Goatsnose in the meantime, prosecuting the intended purpose of his prognosticatory response, touched very rudely, with the above-mentioned shaking thumb, now his eyes, then his forehead, and after that the borders and corners of his cap.

    Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

  • It is also possible that you were led to believe that the reputed conservative caution of that august association, the CMA, had been replaced either by reckless abandon or unusual prognosticatory capability.

    The Doctor's Dilemma—Circa 1975 1975

  • Also in the prognosticatory-retrospective vein: the Papercone host it's a reading series at a cafe in the West Village Emma Barrie shares a lifetime of the futures she envisioned for herself.

    NYT > Home Page By THE NEW YORK TIMES 2010

  • But Goatsnose in the meantime, prosecuting the intended purpose of his prognosticatory response, touched very rudely, with the above-mentioned shaking thumb, now his eyes, then his forehead, and after that the borders and corners of his cap.

    Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518

  • I am not necessarily a huge fan, but I am naturally curious to learn more given his apparent prognosticatory capabilities.

    Marginal Revolution 2009

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