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
Hall’s clairvoyant was not your typical fortune teller.
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Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2025
For the next hour, Everest moved from fortune tellers to boxing matches to player pianos, laughing as mechanical wonders came alive.
—Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Even the youngest fortune tellers will be mesmerized by its sweet and tangy flavors.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2025
Ariana asks Iain, who is dressed like a fortune teller.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 6 May 2025
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Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2025
For the next hour, Everest moved from fortune tellers to boxing matches to player pianos, laughing as mechanical wonders came alive.
—Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Even the youngest fortune tellers will be mesmerized by its sweet and tangy flavors.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2025
Ariana asks Iain, who is dressed like a fortune teller.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for fortune-teller
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortune-teller
Noun
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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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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
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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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The data, including the radar information, is fed straight into the computer models that forecasters use to predict a hurricane’s path and intensity.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The high is expected to be 61 degrees, with wind gusts reaching 22 mph at the peak, forecasters said.—
Kendrick Marshall,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Fortune-teller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortune-teller. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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