as in diviners
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-tellers
This is where the city stages its daily open-air show — street artists sketching portraits, fortune-tellers shuffling cards and musicians playing for appreciative crowds.
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Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Street artists and fortune-tellers set up here daily, creating a scene that feels spontaneous every time.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Street artists and fortune-tellers set up here daily, creating a scene that feels spontaneous every time.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortune-tellers
Noun
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Four other recent storms have broken hourly and daily records as well, but those were predicted by forecasters.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Nonpartisan election forecasters give Democrats a slight edge to flip the competitive seat that the party considers critical to reclaiming the House in the midterms.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Apr. 2026
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Like all prophets, The Storyteller arrives at an auspicious moment in human history.—
Bruce Stockler,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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The artist’s ceiling for the Sistine Chapel had included 20 nude males as supporting figures above the prophets and sibyls.—
Virginia Raguin,
The Conversation,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Fortune-tellers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortune-tellers. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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