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seer

noun

ˈsir

Definition of seer

as in diviner

one who predicts future events or developments several leading Wall Street seers have cautioned investors to prepare for a downturn in the economy

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Recent Examples of seer Among these items is garlic, known in Persian as seer, which traditionally symbolizes protection against illness but can also broadly represent protection against harm. — Armin Pazooki, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026 Some eagle-eyed observers even shared close-up screen grabs of this seer, showing her to have different colored eyes. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026 Agnes is both a seer and healer, preparing natural remedies for the townsfolk to help with ailments and sickness. — Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025 The book spans more than six decades and charts the rise of Malone, 84, from an engineering background to his current status as billionaire and media industry seer. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seer

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While often presented as the act of using beauty practices to manifest your desires, diviner and spiritual wellness teacher Tatianna Tarot would caution against getting too attached to semantics.

— Essence, Essence, 23 Nov. 2025
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

Definition of diviner

Noun

James Remar as Tiresias Tiresias is the blind prophet Odysseus seeks out in the underworld.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
The body is expected to arrive later Wednesday in Karbala, a holy city for Shiite Muslims where the Imam Hussein, the grandson of the prophet, was killed in 680 AD.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of prophet

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Charlotte-area forecasters are monitoring Canadian wildfire smoke choking a wide swath of the country, from the Great Lakes to Pennsylvania and New York.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026
But forecasters said that more smoke could travel back into the area later on Friday, worsening the pollution on Saturday—though not as bad as the air quality was on Thursday—before finally clearing up on Sunday.

— Chantelle Lee, Time, 17 July 2026

Definition of forecaster

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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
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

Definition of sibyl

Noun

But Goodman’s story is far stranger, and more significant, than that of a dippy mystic or a metaphysical scam artist.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Centuries before contemporary artists presented a way to pay attention without words, the mystics had searched for it.

— Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026

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