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
The storm sits about 320 miles southeast of Bermuda and is moving toward the north-northwest at about 10 mph, according to forecasters.
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James Powel, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
These measurements will flow in real time to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado, where forecasters issue alerts and warnings to everyone from airlines to power grid operators.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Yancey was one of at least five Western North Carolina counties that never issued evacuation orders ahead of remnants of Hurricane Helene reaching North Carolina, even though federal forecasters warned that historic, life-threatening and catastrophic flooding, landslides and winds were ahead.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
Large language models work with the same messy information as human forecasters, and are able to simulate this human judgment.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
As of Wednesday morning, forecasters gave it a 20% chance of formation in the next seven days and a 10% chance in the next two days, a slight uptick from the day before.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Though forecasters are not expecting La Niña conditions to have major impacts on Wisconsin, there is a slight chance of a wetter and warmer winter in Wisconsin due to La Niña, according to Marquardt.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
And, in 2023, forecasters and Fed economists predicted a recession that never happened.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
James Powel, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
These measurements will flow in real time to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado, where forecasters issue alerts and warnings to everyone from airlines to power grid operators.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Yancey was one of at least five Western North Carolina counties that never issued evacuation orders ahead of remnants of Hurricane Helene reaching North Carolina, even though federal forecasters warned that historic, life-threatening and catastrophic flooding, landslides and winds were ahead.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
Large language models work with the same messy information as human forecasters, and are able to simulate this human judgment.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
As of Wednesday morning, forecasters gave it a 20% chance of formation in the next seven days and a 10% chance in the next two days, a slight uptick from the day before.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Though forecasters are not expecting La Niña conditions to have major impacts on Wisconsin, there is a slight chance of a wetter and warmer winter in Wisconsin due to La Niña, according to Marquardt.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
And, in 2023, forecasters and Fed economists predicted a recession that never happened.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 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
Noun
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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 23 Sep. 2025.
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