as in diviners
one who predicts future events or developments
a financial forecaster who is widely followed by investors
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Recent Examples of forecasters
Tropical activity is expected to gradually ramp up over the next few weeks as conditions become more favorable for development, forecasters say.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
La Niña is coming, forecasters say.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Prophesizing the Skies For thousands of years, would-be weather forecasters struggled to pin down the relevant factors.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Dynamical climate models play a leading role, but forecasters also consider soil moisture, long-term climate trends and oceanic and atmospheric patterns like El Niño and La Niña.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 15 Sep. 2025
And, in 2023, forecasters and Fed economists predicted a recession that never happened.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
For severe weather information this weekend in Kentucky, see what NWS forecasters say here.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Sep. 2025
The wave is moving at a 10 to 15 mph pace and will likely be near the Lesser Antilles by the middle of next week, forecasters say.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Before Katrina hit, forecasters warned of catastrophe if people failed to evacuate.
—Reena Advani, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
La Niña is coming, forecasters say.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Prophesizing the Skies For thousands of years, would-be weather forecasters struggled to pin down the relevant factors.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Dynamical climate models play a leading role, but forecasters also consider soil moisture, long-term climate trends and oceanic and atmospheric patterns like El Niño and La Niña.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 15 Sep. 2025
And, in 2023, forecasters and Fed economists predicted a recession that never happened.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
For severe weather information this weekend in Kentucky, see what NWS forecasters say here.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Sep. 2025
The wave is moving at a 10 to 15 mph pace and will likely be near the Lesser Antilles by the middle of next week, forecasters say.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Before Katrina hit, forecasters warned of catastrophe if people failed to evacuate.
—Reena Advani, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forecasters
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
Noun
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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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“Forecasters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forecasters. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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