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Noun
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The forecaster who makes the most accurate predictions, as early as possible, can earn a cash prize and, perhaps more important, the esteem of the world’s most talented seers.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Seeing around the bend in the river—or even knowing the river ahead does indeed bend—can require the sort of leap of faith that made Vannevar Bush insist that shamans, priests and spiritual seers are the antecedents of today’s engineering stars.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
8 Aug. 2019
Noun
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That being said, shamans are currently experiencing a moment in Korean pop culture that recontextualizes mu-dang as hip.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
24 Apr. 2026
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The only people believed capable of negotiating with the possessing winds, of restoring balance, are shamans of African descent.—
Adam Pourahmadi,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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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If nothing else, Kidman should rally the rest of her Big Little Lies castmates as a roving band of blonde soothsayers and harbingers of eternal sleep.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2026
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This is where the city stages its daily open-air show — street artists sketching portraits, fortune-tellers shuffling cards and musicians playing for appreciative crowds.—
Lauren Schuster,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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Street artists and fortune-tellers set up here daily, creating a scene that feels spontaneous every time.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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Like all prophets, The Storyteller arrives at an auspicious moment in human history.—
Bruce Stockler,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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The artist’s ceiling for the Sistine Chapel had included 20 nude males as supporting figures above the prophets and sibyls.—
Virginia Raguin,
The Conversation,
19 Feb. 2026
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The prognosticators still make Democrats a slight favorite to retake control of the House based on the fact that Republicans, of course, only have a very narrow majority, meaning the Democrats only have to win a few net seats this fall.—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Those questions have internet analysts and draft prognosticators skeptical to say the least.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
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