as in prophet
one who predicts future events or developments
somehow the diviner failed to foresee her own misfortunes with the law
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Recent Examples of diviner
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.
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Colin Demarest, Axios, 8 Mar. 2025
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
There is, however, one more surprise: Most of the text on Lintel 25 is written backward and was probably designed to be viewed with a mirror by ancient Maya conjurers, diviners or oracles.
—James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
The diviner confirms the man’s fears: two women have bewitched his wife.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
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Colin Demarest, Axios, 8 Mar. 2025
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
There is, however, one more surprise: Most of the text on Lintel 25 is written backward and was probably designed to be viewed with a mirror by ancient Maya conjurers, diviners or oracles.
—James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
The diviner confirms the man’s fears: two women have bewitched his wife.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diviner
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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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And, in 2023, forecasters and Fed economists predicted a recession that never happened.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Hurricane forecasters are watching a tropical wave off the west coast of Africa that could develop into a tropical depression by next week.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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In the 15th century, Sufi mystics are said to have consumed it to stay awake during long nights of prayer and devotions.—
Ali Halit Diker,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 2025
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The Golem of Prague, rooted in 16th-century Jewish folklore, tells the story of Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel, a renowned Talmudic scholar and mystic who sought to protect the Jewish community of Prague from antisemitic attacks and blood libel accusations.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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These rappers were like oracles that spoke to me.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Back in the 90s, videos about computer chips and global warming serve as oracles.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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Sherman has been the sibyl of such proliferating confusions, toying with representation’s integrity and the boundaries of identity for more than four decades.—
Nancy Princenthal,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2024
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It was deemed a line straight to God — staggering, the voice of an enchantress, a sibyl, a siren.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
12 May 2021
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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
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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
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“Diviner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diviner. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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