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diviners

noun

plural of diviner

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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Recent Examples of diviners Ancient Chinese scholars made records of solar eclipses, and diviners made prophecies during these auspicious events. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026

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But those concerns didn’t stop groups of Catholics from joining a recent joyous pilgrimage on Mount Tabor, where the Gospels say Jesus appeared transfigured alongside the Jewish prophets Moses and Elijah.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Moses received the Torah from Sinai, and handed it down to Joshua, and Joshua to the elders, and the elders to the prophets, and the prophets delivered it to the men of the Great Synagogue.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Definition of prophets

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Tropical Storm Lala is expected to strengthen to a hurricane before reaching Hawaii’s Big Island this weekend, forecasters said Friday, bringing heavy rains that can cause destructive flooding and strong winds that can fuel wildfires.

— Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
But afterward, the impacts of interacting with the Big Island will weaken it significantly, hurricane center forecasters said.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of forecasters

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All of them are concerned with legacy, particularly among fathers and daughters (Shakespeare had two and lost his only son), and all of them touch a realm beyond the mundane — a place of gods and dreams, oracles and enchantment.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
The loudest of those skeptics still get treated as oracles, even as the downside bets behind them quietly decay toward nothing.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of oracles

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The three soothsayers whose guesses come closest to the actual results will be crowned with a Cinematrix hat, as modeled by Real Housewives of Atlanta peach turned friend-of Cynthia Bailey.

— Vulture Editors, Vulture, 10 June 2026
Just beyond the respectable edges of Paris, among the soothsayers and strongmen, works Suzanne (Anaïs Demoustier).

— Ben Croll, IndieWire, 12 May 2026

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