as in diviner
one who predicts future events or developments
a financial forecaster who is widely followed by investors
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Recent Examples of forecaster
In 1978, the Woolly Worm Festival was born, crowning the winning caterpillar as the official forecaster and transforming a local practice into an annual celebration.
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Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
The depression is forecast to become a tropical storm in the Bahamas this weekend, National Hurricane Center forecasters said.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
Hurricane forecasters are watching three major risk factors for people across a swath of the East Coast, a complex dance of weather that has led to a troubling forecast for late September.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Michigan is set to wrap up the first official week of fall with a warm, clear weekend, forecasters say.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The system may also approach the coastline as a Category 1 hurricane, forecasters worry.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2025
However, forecasters note that the relative humidity at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar will be an uncomfortable 85 percent Saturday and 82 percent Sunday.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
The only thing forecasters can promise this week is that the forecast itself will keep changing.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
These measurements will flow in real time to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado, where forecasters issue alerts and warnings to everyone from airlines to power grid operators.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
The depression is forecast to become a tropical storm in the Bahamas this weekend, National Hurricane Center forecasters said.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
Hurricane forecasters are watching three major risk factors for people across a swath of the East Coast, a complex dance of weather that has led to a troubling forecast for late September.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Michigan is set to wrap up the first official week of fall with a warm, clear weekend, forecasters say.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The system may also approach the coastline as a Category 1 hurricane, forecasters worry.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2025
However, forecasters note that the relative humidity at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar will be an uncomfortable 85 percent Saturday and 82 percent Sunday.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
The only thing forecasters can promise this week is that the forecast itself will keep changing.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
These measurements will flow in real time to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado, where forecasters issue alerts and warnings to everyone from airlines to power grid operators.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forecaster
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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.—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
8 Mar. 2025
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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
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He was named one of the church's top governing bodies in 1984, and became its leader and prophet in 2018, at the age of 93.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
28 Sep. 2025
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Sharia law is based on Islam’s holy book, the Quran, and the life of prophet Mohammed.—
Char Reck,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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Their payroll ballooned well into the $350 million range, and prognosticators had them as potentially the best team ever.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Already, awards prognosticators are anointing it a possible Oscar player in several major categories.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Forecaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forecaster. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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