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adjective

Definition of fortune-tellingnext
as in predicting

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noun

as in divination

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Recent Examples of fortune-telling
Adjective
Thoughts of all the beautiful, mundane, familiar things that make life so sweet had turned sour in my ominous fortune-telling. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortune-telling
  1. wondrous
  2. divination
  3. soothsaying
  4. forecasting
  5. divining
  6. foretelling
  7. predicting
Adjective
  • Meanwhile other scientists are hoping to use the wondrous event to inspire people to get more personally involved in science.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 July 2026
  • The whimsy carries over to afternoon tea, served throughout the year in the hotel’s Pavilion and featuring fairytale and wondrous themes.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
Definition of wondrous
Noun
  • Similar motives may be powering the fast-growing market for divination, astrology and tarot reading apps.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • The second part centers on tarot as a tool of divination and creative inspiration, beginning with the iconic 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck and moving on to art works from the twentieth century into the present day.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
Definition of divination
Noun
  • That is to say, it was preceded by soothsayings of unparalleled gloom, which faded at the first kick of a ball.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • This is the mix of soothsaying and realism that entrepreneurs like Musk deploy to raise money for their companies.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Apr. 2026
Definition of soothsaying
Noun
  • Whether prediction markets could aggregate useful data for forecasting wildfires remains an open question.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Connected to local weather stations and regional forecasting models, the foldable system receives early warnings of incoming storms, extreme snowfall, or hail.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
Definition of forecasting
Noun
  • Practice divining with an obsidian mirror.
    — Sandra Cisneros, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • Astronauts could, in principle, descend into the treacherously dark and cold craters to look for themselves, but most of this water divining will be conducting by robots.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of divining
Noun
  • In the wake of Friday’s abysmal jobs report , investors are scrambling to understand whether the loss of 92,000 jobs in February was a blip or a foretelling of more payroll cuts to come as t he adoption of AI by corporations increases .
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
Definition of foretelling
Noun
  • With the 2025 college football season on the horizon, months of previewing and predicting soon will be in the rearview mirror.
    — Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
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