With user input, the software adjusts its behavior to predict which data will be most relevant for the question at hand.

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The European Commission has not conducted a proper impact assessment of the legislation in question, but the British government and independent experts predict that it could have a devastating effect on European food production.

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The thing is, the CBO report in question, issued in August of 2010, most certainly does not predict the loss of 650, 000 jobs.

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Ultimately it boils down to the question of how well can users predict their data usage.

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That is an impossible question to answer unless you can predict the price of oil in 2013.

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Libya's fate is hard to predict but the economic uncertainties boil down to a hoary question: how much is Saudi Arabia, the linchpin of OPEC, the oil-exporters' cartel, able and willing to pump?

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The question is whether they can do this over a large area and be able to predict exactly the location of any single dot.

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Because all these events are difficult to predict, whether the January barometer will hold up next year is a big question mark.

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