as in diviner
one who predicts future events or developments
the carnival's fortune-teller should have predicted that I'd pass right by her
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Recent Examples of fortune-teller
Japan’s most famous fortune-teller, Kazuko Hosoki, once held the nation in her thrall.
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
Since Dykes was hired in December 2021, college football has changed in ways that no fortune teller would have predicted.
NIL money and the transfer portal have shaped college football into an unregulated version of Major League Baseball.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Dec. 2025
For the city at eye level, Temple Street Night Market pulls you back with fortune tellers, bootleg merch, and food stalls throwing off a humid neon haze.
—Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2025
When the fortune teller’s predictions start to materialize, once cynical Gemma is ready to take a leap of faith.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2025
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
Since Dykes was hired in December 2021, college football has changed in ways that no fortune teller would have predicted.
NIL money and the transfer portal have shaped college football into an unregulated version of Major League Baseball.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Dec. 2025
For the city at eye level, Temple Street Night Market pulls you back with fortune tellers, bootleg merch, and food stalls throwing off a humid neon haze.
—Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2025
When the fortune teller’s predictions start to materialize, once cynical Gemma is ready to take a leap of faith.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fortune-teller
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortune-teller
Noun
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Ora Cogan makes songs the way diviners cast charms.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
16 Mar. 2026
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While often presented as the act of using beauty practices to manifest your desires, diviner and spiritual wellness teacher Tatianna Tarot would caution against getting too attached to semantics.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In the Hebrew Bible’s narrative in Exodus, Moses arises as a leader of the Israelites and a prophet of God.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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In a political culture that treats its leaders as unassailable, today’s god becomes tomorrow’s false prophet.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The combined result will be a mass exodus; the forecasters from UCLA and Berkeley project that nearly 3 million people in California will leave Medi-Cal over the next 24 to 32 months.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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Now take into consideration that forecasters expect an El Niño — a phase of a natural climate phenomenon that warms up the ocean surface in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean — to develop late this year.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Fortune-teller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortune-teller. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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