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
The team found evidence of four different plants that are associated with ancient Maya medicine and divination rituals.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
But in medieval Europe, one common form of divination was consulting evil spirits.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 18 Dec. 2024
The legal status of deities, priestly divinations, and the modern role of religion all come under debate in a remarkable story full of unforeseeable twists and turns.
—Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024
Spider divination In Cameroon, Mambila spider divination (nggam du)) poses difficult questions to spiders or land crabs that live in holes in the ground.
—Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
But in medieval Europe, one common form of divination was consulting evil spirits.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 18 Dec. 2024
The legal status of deities, priestly divinations, and the modern role of religion all come under debate in a remarkable story full of unforeseeable twists and turns.
—Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024
Spider divination In Cameroon, Mambila spider divination (nggam du)) poses difficult questions to spiders or land crabs that live in holes in the ground.
—Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divination
Noun
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These signs seem to confirm Sahm’s augury that the economy remains healthy.—
David Thomas,
Forbes,
16 Oct. 2024
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The auguries were not favorable for a Pétain acquittal.—
Robert O. Paxton,
Harper's Magazine,
17 Dec. 2023
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Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more!—
Suzanne Cope,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Without testable, falsifiable results, astrology remains anecdotal, not research.—
Mark Weinstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 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 1 May. 2025.
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