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"prediction" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often prophecy (8 letters).
Definitions
the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Word origin
Learned borrowing from Latin praedictiō, praedictiōnis; equivalent to predict + -ion. Compare the Germanic equivalents forespeaking, foretale, foretelling.
Used in a sentence
“make predictions about something”
“correct prediction”
“offer up a prediction”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“statement about future”10 letters
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