as in diviner
one who predicts future events or developments
a financial forecaster who is widely followed by investors
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Recent Examples of forecaster
And, in 2023, forecasters and Fed economists predicted a recession that never happened.
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Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Hurricane forecasters are watching a tropical wave off the west coast of Africa that could develop into a tropical depression by next week.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
The system, labeled as EP95, continues to show signs of organization and environmental conditions are favorable for further development, hurricane center forecasters said in the advisory.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
However, forecasters anticipate an increase in activity during the second half of the month as conditions become more favorable for tropical cyclone development.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
Still, experts caution that the current lull in tropical activity doesn’t mean that this year’s threat of hurricanes has passed or that forecasters’ predictions about this season were wrong.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
The chart earns its name from the variety of different computer models shown on the graph with each possible storm path looking like a strand of spaghetti — and helps forecasters get a sense of what a storm’s most likely track may be.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
National Hurricane Center The system is expected by forecasters to pass north of the islands through early Wednesday.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Even when the authors simulated the emergence of new, more transmissible variants (a frequent situation that proved very challenging to forecasters during the COVID-19 pandemic), the algorithm proved robust, adjusting quickly by re-estimating transmission rates.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Hurricane forecasters are watching a tropical wave off the west coast of Africa that could develop into a tropical depression by next week.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
The system, labeled as EP95, continues to show signs of organization and environmental conditions are favorable for further development, hurricane center forecasters said in the advisory.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
However, forecasters anticipate an increase in activity during the second half of the month as conditions become more favorable for tropical cyclone development.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
Still, experts caution that the current lull in tropical activity doesn’t mean that this year’s threat of hurricanes has passed or that forecasters’ predictions about this season were wrong.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
The chart earns its name from the variety of different computer models shown on the graph with each possible storm path looking like a strand of spaghetti — and helps forecasters get a sense of what a storm’s most likely track may be.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
National Hurricane Center The system is expected by forecasters to pass north of the islands through early Wednesday.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Even when the authors simulated the emergence of new, more transmissible variants (a frequent situation that proved very challenging to forecasters during the COVID-19 pandemic), the algorithm proved robust, adjusting quickly by re-estimating transmission rates.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forecaster
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That spells trouble in the Indo-Pacific, a watery region where military leaders and Beltway diviners believe a war over Taiwan could erupt as soon as 2027.—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
8 Mar. 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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By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The prophets of biblical Israel demand justice and care for the stranger, widow, and orphan.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Their payroll ballooned well into the $350 million range, and prognosticators had them as potentially the best team ever.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Already, awards prognosticators are anointing it a possible Oscar player in several major categories.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Forecaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forecaster. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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