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Noun
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The forecaster who makes the most accurate predictions, as early as possible, can earn a cash prize and, perhaps more important, the esteem of the world’s most talented seers.—
Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
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Seeing around the bend in the river—or even knowing the river ahead does indeed bend—can require the sort of leap of faith that made Vannevar Bush insist that shamans, priests and spiritual seers are the antecedents of today’s engineering stars.— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Aug. 2019
Noun
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Like all prophets, The Storyteller arrives at an auspicious moment in human history.— Bruce Stockler, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
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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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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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Today’s crunchy universe has its own lexicon, myriad complicated theories and counter-theories, and a legion of skeptics and soothsayers, many with scientific or pseudoscientific backgrounds.— Will Carless, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
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During the formative phase of the infant American republic, when its survival was still problematic, iconic founders performed a valuable function as reliable sources of unquestioned wisdom, a veritable gallery of Delphic oracles available on demand.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
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Back in the 90s, videos about computer chips and global warming serve as oracles.— Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
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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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