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Recent Examples of sibyl
Sherman has been the sibyl of such proliferating confusions, toying with representation’s integrity and the boundaries of identity for more than four decades.
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Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2024
It was deemed a line straight to God — staggering, the voice of an enchantress, a sibyl, a siren.
—Washington Post, 12 May 2021
There’s the Roman emperor Augustus and a sibyl in a 1435 painting by Konrad Witz.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 July 2019
Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2024
It was deemed a line straight to God — staggering, the voice of an enchantress, a sibyl, a siren.
—Washington Post, 12 May 2021
There’s the Roman emperor Augustus and a sibyl in a 1435 painting by Konrad Witz.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sibyl
Noun
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Positioning Robin as an unheeded prophetess and an eventual participant in Ethan’s undoing is a smart way to explore the sexism of the media world at the time.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2024
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The words belong to Cassandra, the Trojan prophetess doomed to be disbelieved.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
25 Jan. 2024
Noun
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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
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That plan goes to hell when Davina intercepts them and forbids Julia to go, because a seer named Maisri is coming to the castle.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But the prevalence of the debate proves the manga’s tight grip on the popular imagination – amplified by both soothsayers across Asia and social media – especially in seismically active Japan, where the constant threat of an earthquake or tsunami looms large in the popular imagination.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Aug. 2025
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Online soothsayers like Jon Prosser and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman have long predicted the content of upcoming Apple announcements, citing anonymous sources from within the company to glean glimpses of what’s next.—
Boone Ashworth,
Wired News,
18 July 2025
Noun
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Not everyone can labor in a cabin with the wisewoman of their choosing.—
Jennifer Block,
Longreads,
10 Mar. 2020
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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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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The women in my family could never be oracles, dead long before fifty.—
Leila Chatti
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Not long ago, chatting with AI felt like consulting a cryptic oracle.—
Ivan Guzenko,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Jack the Clown will reign over his entourage of malicious jugglers, maniacal dancers and evil fortune tellers.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Aug. 2025
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Even the youngest fortune tellers will be mesmerized by its sweet and tangy flavors.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Sibyl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sibyl. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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