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forecasters

noun

plural of forecaster

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 With thousands of homes and businesses still in the dark Thursday, forecasters warned yet another tropical cyclone is likely to approach the islands soon. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 Saturday, bringing a potential for flash flooding, forecasters say. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026 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 By Saturday afternoon local time, Lala is expected to reach hurricane strength according to forecasters. — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 The storm caught the state off guard, having made a sudden shift to the east and smack into the core of the state after most forecasters had projected it to make landfall much farther to the north. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026 The day of the avalanche, snow forecasters issued a dire warning for people to stay out of the backcountry due to the high risk of slides. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026

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Ancient Chinese scholars made records of solar eclipses, and diviners made prophecies during these auspicious events.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of diviners

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This eight-part series takes a look at the history of four Korean leaders who claimed to be prophets.

— Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026
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

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The combined success of these blockbusters — not to mention the droves of smaller-scale films doing their part — has helped vault the domestic box office back to numbers many prognosticators thought were ancient history.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026
The trouble is that most prognosticators are still fighting the last war.

— Nigel Morris, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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