as in prophets
one who predicts future events or developments
somehow the diviner failed to foresee her own misfortunes with the law
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Noun
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As a Pentecostal movement, the denomination teaches that God speaks through modern spiritual leaders to call out hypocrisy and injustice, much like the prophets of the Old Testament.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
4 Aug. 2025
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Dangerous conditions from the building swells will be concentrated along the eastern shores of the islands, forecasters said.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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For severe weather information this weekend in Kentucky, see what NWS forecasters say here.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Sep. 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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For example, while experts use chatbots as collaboration tools—riffing on ideas, clarifying intuitions—novices often treat them mistakenly as automation tools, oracles that speak from a bottomless well of knowledge.—
David Autor,
The Atlantic,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Diviners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diviners. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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