as in diviners
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 oracles
The loudest of those skeptics still get treated as oracles, even as the downside bets behind them quietly decay toward nothing.
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Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Back in the ’90s, videos about computer chips and global warming serve as oracles.
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Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
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.
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Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
For example, while experts use chatbots as collaboration tools—riffing on ideas, clarifying intuitions—novices often treat them mistakenly as automation tools, oracles that speak from a bottomless well of knowledge.
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David Autor,
The Atlantic,
24 Aug. 2025
And this desire for control, for some method to be brought to bear on the sinister uncertainty of life, explains also my susceptibility to oracles like the Yijing.
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Michael Robbins,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Back in the ’90s, videos about computer chips and global warming serve as oracles.
—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
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,
28 Oct. 2025
For example, while experts use chatbots as collaboration tools—riffing on ideas, clarifying intuitions—novices often treat them mistakenly as automation tools, oracles that speak from a bottomless well of knowledge.
—
David Autor,
The Atlantic,
24 Aug. 2025
And this desire for control, for some method to be brought to bear on the sinister uncertainty of life, explains also my susceptibility to oracles like the Yijing.
—
Michael Robbins,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oracles
Noun
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Seven Mountains has brought the language of spiritual warfare and demon-fighting into the mainstream of evangelicalism, through a network of pastors who view themselves as prophets and apostles engaged in a battle against evil secular forces.
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This idea was the work of the apostles and prophets of the New Apostolic Reformation, a charismatic movement that began gathering momentum in the 1990s and is now the leading edge of the Christian right.
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More than 72 million were under severe thunderstorm watches on Saturday, according to federal forecasters, with the unsettled cells capable of producing winds 65 mph and greater, as well as quarter-sized hail.
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Though still somewhat shaky, shipping confidence in transiting the vital strait is rising rapidly, leading forecasters to warn of an impending oil glut; Citi predicts prices could fall to as low as $60 a barrel by the end of the year.
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