as in augury
the art or practice of foretelling future events by interpreting omens
if her powers of divination are so great, why doesn't she know what the stock market will do?
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Recent Examples of divination
Through the divination trial, the audience learns that much of Lilia’s eccentricity comes from her experience living life out of order, giving more context to moments earlier in the season, where the character would blurt out what seemed to be random statements.
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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 12 May 2025
As belief in traditional religions decreases and the rise of spirituality and skepticism in traditional institutions continues, this form of divination—looking to cards for answers for future, present, or past events—is on the rise.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
Following her magnificent turn as a Sicilian divination witch in Agatha All Along, Patti LuPone is returning to the small screen for another flashy role.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2025
The team found evidence of four different plants that are associated with ancient Maya medicine and divination rituals.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 12 May 2025
As belief in traditional religions decreases and the rise of spirituality and skepticism in traditional institutions continues, this form of divination—looking to cards for answers for future, present, or past events—is on the rise.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
Following her magnificent turn as a Sicilian divination witch in Agatha All Along, Patti LuPone is returning to the small screen for another flashy role.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2025
The team found evidence of four different plants that are associated with ancient Maya medicine and divination rituals.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divination
Noun
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Dream books offered augury, poetry, and purpose—a kind of secular scripture for the numbers game.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Despite these auguries of Sylvester’s moral and psychological well-being, the fact remains he is broke.—
Timothy Crouse,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025
Noun
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In astrology, wherever Uranus goes, a trail of disruption and surprise follows.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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As astronomy embraced mathematics and observation during the Scientific Revolution, astrology increasingly lost its scholarly legitimacy and was pushed to the margins.—
Christopher P. Scheitle,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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Different geomancy masters may interpret the data differently, but there is usually a consensus on what the year means for each zodiac animal based on the positions of the stars.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
8 Feb. 2024
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Some refer to it as Chinese geomancy; others pass it off as early Taoist ideology.—
Rachel Silva,
ELLE Decor,
8 Mar. 2023
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“Divination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divination. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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