How to Use prognosis in a Sentence
prognosis
noun
- Right now, doctors say his prognosis is good.
- The president had a hopeful prognosis about the company's future.
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And for Kate and Justin's baby, the prognosis was even more grim.
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Tracy Smith,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2024
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Even with that care, the prognosis for the middle-aged man would be poor.
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Nick Ehli,
Anchorage Daily News,
25 Sep. 2021
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The prognosis for his type of injury is nine to 12 months.
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Tyler Dragon,
USA TODAY,
16 June 2021
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The prognosis for his type of knee injury is nine to 12 months.
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Tyler Dragon,
The Enquirer,
27 July 2021
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The doctors and nurses of the 14-bed ICU had learned to be wary of any covid prognosis.
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Peter Jamison Washington Post,
Star Tribune,
6 July 2021
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His prognosis is good, Dr. Singh says – the donor heart should last for more than 25 years.
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Wendy Grossman Kantor,
Peoplemag,
15 Dec. 2023
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At the next scan, just two weeks later, the prognosis was even worse.
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Natasha Pearlman,
Glamour,
5 Sep. 2024
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Since this has been going on for years, the prognosis isn’t good.
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Dr. Keith Roach,
oregonlive,
28 June 2021
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Kramer has been given a prognosis of just months to live.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
27 Sep. 2023
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That's good news for the team's long-term prognosis, but having the 12-time All-Star on the court didn't help much on Wednesday.
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David Brandt,
ajc,
8 Dec. 2022
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Even with what’s now known about the virus, their prognosis is often grim.
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Sharon Grigsby,
Dallas News,
6 Aug. 2021
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Mama had Stage 4 bile-duct cancer, with a prognosis of six months to a year to live.
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Noy Thrupkaew,
Washington Post,
6 Oct. 2021
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The girls’ mom was given a poor prognosis with a low chance at survival.
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Zoey Lyttle,
Peoplemag,
31 July 2024
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Urías was injured in his first game of the spring, with the initial prognosis of a couple weeks on the sideline.
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Todd Rosiak,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
3 May 2022
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His gloomy prognosis was that no one might ever emerge with enough votes to win.
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Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2023
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And based on the news coming out of Europe, the baby’s prognosis did not look good.
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Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
3 Oct. 2024
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Smith is well past 12 to 18 months and well into a number, a prognosis, that no one wants to say out loud.
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The Indianapolis Star,
20 Feb. 2023
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The prognosis for koalas in the state of Victoria and in Australia as a whole is not promising.
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Elizabeth Warkentin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2024
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The initial prognosis was the outfielder could miss four to five games.
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Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2023
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The prognosis is good, although Foad will not be doing surgery for at least a few weeks.
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Anne Saker,
The Enquirer,
11 Aug. 2021
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In the event of hostilities, the prognosis for the Ukrainian Air Force is grim.
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Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
15 Feb. 2022
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For the best sense of your uterine cancer prognosis, talk with your health care provider.
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Jenny McCoy,
Health.com,
28 Feb. 2022
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But even with the best prognosis, age is catching up to Francis.
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The Salt Lake Tribune,
13 July 2021
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The prognosis is great, with warmth, style, and details galore.
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Hadley Keller,
House Beautiful,
30 Nov. 2022
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The prognosis for forests, coral reefs, and low-lying coastal wetlands is bleak.
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Elizabeth Kolbert,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2022
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Given the grim prognosis for Jellybean at that time, the Mendoncas feared the worst.
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Kay Lazar,
BostonGlobe.com,
9 Dec. 2022
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The prognosis for people whose cancers are caught late is grim.
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Linda Carroll,
NBC News,
1 Nov. 2023
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Fisher, 21, learned of Ezra's prognosis and applied to be a living donor in March.
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Charna Flam,
Peoplemag,
25 Sep. 2024
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