as in diviner
one who predicts future events or developments
economic futurists predict a new world order in which information is the resource that drives a nation's economy
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Recent Examples of futurist
Each of those motivations resurfaces in Fallout’s second season, which is just as retro-futurist as the first in look and increasingly sprawling in narrative.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
The actress, director, and wild-style futurist Natasha Lyonne is fascinated by technology.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
Tech CEOs and futurists have long described Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI, as one of the ultimate goals of artificial intelligence.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025
Hokkaido, then, is the perfect cultural palette cleanser from the all-out assault of the futurist capital.
—Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
The actress, director, and wild-style futurist Natasha Lyonne is fascinated by technology.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
Tech CEOs and futurists have long described Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI, as one of the ultimate goals of artificial intelligence.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025
Hokkaido, then, is the perfect cultural palette cleanser from the all-out assault of the futurist capital.
—Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for futurist
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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
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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
Noun
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As much as 2 inches could fall Sunday west of Interstate 26 in the Brevard area, forecasters say.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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The more significant impacts were expected Monday through Wednesday, when forecasters said there was a 60% to 90% chance of more than 3 feet of snow along the Sierra crest.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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If history is repetition, then prophets of the past must have something to teach us.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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Now in full force, filling the choral terrace, the Dallas Symphony Chorus sang stirringly, although, as Walton intended, a smaller contingent of the singers evoked the praise of prophets, apostles and martyrs.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Jan. 2026
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In an instant, our shaky courtroom sketch of Pearl the flighty young mother, Pearl the drunk, gets burned up and eclipsed by Pearl the mystic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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It’s developed a cult following well beyond Mendocino County, magnetizing beer aficionados with a power appropriate to its namesake, Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
31 Dec. 2025
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Sherman has been the sibyl of such proliferating confusions, toying with representation’s integrity and the boundaries of identity for more than four decades.—
Nancy Princenthal,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2024
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It was deemed a line straight to God — staggering, the voice of an enchantress, a sibyl, a siren.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
12 May 2021
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“Futurist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/futurist. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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