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Noun
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Tax seers have a batting average well below that of the local weather forecaster.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025 -
So the multitude of pilgrims, devotees, seers and ascetics is even bigger than usual — and even easier to get lost in.—
Atul Loke,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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After a confrontation with the local shaman whose beliefs clash with her own, the missionary’s son (Klyne) is seemingly possessed by an ancient spirit.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Jong-goo suspects a mysterious Japanese man (Jun Kunimura) who recently moved to the area, and must decide between whether to trust a mysterious woman in white (Chun Woo-hee) or a shaman named Il-gwang (Hwang Jung-min) in his quest to save his daughter.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
12 Oct. 2024
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Rather than the typical market outlook, fraught with all the dangers of being a soothsayer, this outlook will endeavor to take a journey like Lewis Carroll’s Alice to find some reality in markets that can sometimes seem unreal or irrational.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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Wall Street’s soothsayers expect another year of double-digit gains after the S&P 500 posted back-to-back advances of over 20% in 2023 and 2024.—
Royce Branning,
Fortune,
30 Nov. 2024
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The diviner and client must resolve the ambiguity or decide that in this case, the spider wasn’t saying anything at all.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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The diviner then asks a question in a yes-or-no format while tapping the enclosure to encourage the spider or crab to emerge.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Jethro—the biblical prophet Moses' father-in-law—is the most important prophet in the Druze religion and the ancestor of all Druze.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Millenarian prophets associated it with empire, persecution, and decadence, often fomenting social unrest and rebellion.—
Arthur Krystal,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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This year's group of pups is ready to wow football fans with their prediction and is aiming to have a better track record than last year's fluffy Super Bowl fortune tellers.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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This is probably better answered by fortune tellers and movie makers.—
Chris Boudreau,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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Webber said that groups, called krewes, organize parades and distribute beads featuring characters such as kings and witch doctors.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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While Keaton did not elaborate on the shrunken head room, the first film featured a scene in which Beetlejuice’s own head gets shrunk by a witch doctor who also shrunk the head of a hunter.—
Eric Andersson,
Peoplemag,
19 Feb. 2024
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After Nygren's speech, medicine man Lorenzo Max led the march, singing prayers and sharing ancestral stories.—
Trilce Estrada Olvera,
The Arizona Republic,
3 Aug. 2024
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Iron Eyes, a 46-year-old lawyer and Indigenous rights activist, was 9 when a medicine man taught him traditions he’s maintained since, in the wake of the tribe’s annual sun dance ceremony at the park.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
26 July 2024
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“Exorcist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorcist. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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