as in diviner
a person who can tell what will happen in the future
The oracle told him to not make any major life decisions this month.
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Recent Examples of oracle
Another story about oracles is the one about the Sibyl of Cumae, an oracle.
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Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
My Oscar oracle, sports handicapper Danny Sheridan, has been uncannily correct picking the top six categories over the last five years.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025
After all, who wouldn't want a succinct answer to something like who the oracle of Delphi was?
—Eilon Reshef, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Like Britney, Robyn, and Madonna, the pop star to club music oracle pivot is a well-trodden path for artists who find mental and emotional clarity in the rave.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2025
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Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
My Oscar oracle, sports handicapper Danny Sheridan, has been uncannily correct picking the top six categories over the last five years.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025
After all, who wouldn't want a succinct answer to something like who the oracle of Delphi was?
—Eilon Reshef, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Like Britney, Robyn, and Madonna, the pop star to club music oracle pivot is a well-trodden path for artists who find mental and emotional clarity in the rave.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oracle
Noun
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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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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
Noun
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While some people died in the fire of smoke inhalation, others, including the 33-year-old prophet, suffered fatal gunshot wounds.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Cut to: Hampton reading from The Book of Jonah, a section of the Old Testament perhaps best known for the titular prophet getting swallowed by a whale.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2025
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Maybe investors know something that the administration’s oddball collection of economic ideologues and mystics don’t understand.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
11 Apr. 2025
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For her part, af Klint identified more as a mystic than as an artist, at times claiming to channel the astral plane with her work.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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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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In the left panel, van Eyck depicts separate moments in a narrative that leads our eyes in a snaking line from the foreground figures of Mary and John the Evangelist, past Mary Magdalene and a prophesying sibyl, then up to the soldiers and horsemen crowding around the cross.—
Sebastian Smee,
Washington Post,
14 Oct. 2020
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“Oracle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oracle. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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