as in Chicken Little
one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity
more than one Cassandra on Wall Street had warned that the market was overdue for a major correction
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Noun
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Many wrote him off as a futuristic Chicken Little because of his predictions of mass job loss driven by automation and AI.—
Xochitl Gonzalez,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026 -
O'Hara has also voiced countless movie characters, lending her talent to The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Chicken Little (2005), Elemental (2023) and The Wild Robot (2024).—
Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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To be sure, dollar doomsayers have consistently been proven wrong, and the greenback has surged against other top currencies during the Iran war.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Reports like this one from McKinsey get quoted by doomsayers to prove displacement is inevitable, and by optimists to prove transformation creates opportunity.—
Andy Molinsky,
Forbes.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Cassandra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Cassandra. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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