foreteller

as in diviner
one who predicts future events or developments some regard that 16th-century astrologer as an uncanny foreteller of some of the most disastrous events of the 20th century

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Noun
  • 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
  • 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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  • Just four years after graduating, Aschenbrenner is holding private discussions with tech CEOs, investors, and policymakers who treat him as a kind of prophet of the AI age.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • In Wisconsin, forecasters are not expecting La Niña conditions to have major impacts on the weather, but there is a chance of a wetter and warmer winter in Wisconsin due to La Niña.
    Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The forecast also does not factor in Siberian snow cover, which other forecasters use as the basis for their winter weather forecasts.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Foreteller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreteller. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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