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"defying predictions" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a situation or event that goes against what was expected or predicted. Here is an example sentence: "The team's unexpected victory, defying predictions, left the sports world in shock."
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FRANÇOIS-HENRI PINAULT is defying predictions.
That campaign has been remarkably effective, defying predictions of the mainframe's demise year after year.
He made himself into the best college basketball player in the country, defying predictions.
The economy, repeatedly defying predictions of a slowdown, has grown steadily since March 1991.
Thailand's economy has picked up steam, defying predictions of a downturn in the second quarter.
Malaysia's economy outpaced most of its neighbours in 1999 and 2000, defying predictions.
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The volcano, meanwhile, continued to defy predictions.
Both, however, defied predictions and remain in operation.
Why has the UK economy defied predictions of doom?
Since then, Mr Obama has defied predictions of his imminent irrelevance.
Ukraine still has the ability to defy predictions.
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