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Recent Examples of prophetess The Christie’s red chalk drawing of the foot was likely done from a live model, with Michelangelo showing the elegance of the Libyan Sibyl prophetess through her dramatically arched foot. —
Anna Swartwood House, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2026 Positioning Robin as an unheeded prophetess and an eventual participant in Ethan’s undoing is a smart way to explore the sexism of the media world at the time. —Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024 The words belong to Cassandra, the Trojan prophetess doomed to be disbelieved. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024 Hecuba, the queen, goes to the wily Odysseus; her daughter-in-law Andromache, Hector’s widow, to Achilles’ son, Pyrrhus; and her daughter Cassandra, a prophetess doomed never to be believed, to the victorious general Agamemnon. —Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021 Toren, with nearly 400 titles to her name and several awards for narration, can sound like prophetess of trees. —Jenni Laidman, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2018 But things did not turn out as the prophetess dreamed. —Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2015
Anna Swartwood House, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2026 Positioning Robin as an unheeded prophetess and an eventual participant in Ethan’s undoing is a smart way to explore the sexism of the media world at the time. —Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024 The words belong to Cassandra, the Trojan prophetess doomed to be disbelieved. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024 Hecuba, the queen, goes to the wily Odysseus; her daughter-in-law Andromache, Hector’s widow, to Achilles’ son, Pyrrhus; and her daughter Cassandra, a prophetess doomed never to be believed, to the victorious general Agamemnon. —Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021 Toren, with nearly 400 titles to her name and several awards for narration, can sound like prophetess of trees. —Jenni Laidman, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2018 But things did not turn out as the prophetess dreamed. —Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prophetess
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The artist’s ceiling for the Sistine Chapel had included 20 nude males as supporting figures above the prophets and sibyls.— Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026
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Sherman has been the sibyl of such proliferating confusions, toying with representation’s integrity and the boundaries of identity for more than four decades.— Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2024
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Every now and again, Monica, as much savvy therapist as all-knowing seer, interrupts Jean’s first-person account to offer guidance.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
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Among these items is garlic, known in Persian as seer, which traditionally symbolizes protection against illness but can also broadly represent protection against harm.— Armin Pazooki, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
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Ora Cogan makes songs the way diviners cast charms.— Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 16 Mar. 2026
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While often presented as the act of using beauty practices to manifest your desires, diviner and spiritual wellness teacher Tatianna Tarot would caution against getting too attached to semantics.— Essence, Essence, 23 Nov. 2025
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If nothing else, Kidman should rally the rest of her Big Little Lies castmates as a roving band of blonde soothsayers and harbingers of eternal sleep.— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
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And the soothsayer — Tim Yount, the founder of the wrestling publication and rankings service On The Mat — is at his 37th straight state tournament.— Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
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These include psychotherapy that is inspired by the Quran, the teachings of the prophet and spiritual practices such as self-reflection, prayer and mindfulness.— Anisah Bagasra, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
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Isaiah was a prophet during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah, which was being attacked by the Assyrian Empire.— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
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Not everyone can labor in a cabin with the wisewoman of their choosing.— Jennifer Block, Longreads, 10 Mar. 2020
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The story — told in the colorful, emotional graphic novel that will be published by Z2 — follows three artists on the Seattle scene, tracking their triumphs and tragedies as they are guided by an oracle, the Queen of the Seasons, who narrates the story.— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2026
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The fastest of them all is Check the Tag, an Instagram account run by Brazilian sisters Kathleen Miozzo and Wenny Milzfort, which the fashion industry has adopted as its celebrity-style-credits oracle.— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 12 Mar. 2026
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This is where the city stages its daily open-air show — street artists sketching portraits, fortune-tellers shuffling cards and musicians playing for appreciative crowds.— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
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Street artists and fortune-tellers set up here daily, creating a scene that feels spontaneous every time.— Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Prophetess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/prophetess. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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