as in diviners
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 futurists
The playwright understood something about the economic reasoning of such an innovation, however, for if the futurists and techno-utopians once imagined that machines would do all of our dreary work to free us to be artists, writers, and musicians, the opposite is now the case.
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Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
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
What’s clear is that crypto has become much bigger than the retail traders and techno futurists who are committed to HODLing through thick and thin.
—Emily Nicolle, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
By contrast, contemporary techno-futurists like Musk lead powerful multinational corporations that influence economies and cultures across the globe.
—Sonja Fritzsche, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
The same corporate event planners who used to book futurists with hologram slide decks are now on the hunt for celebrity performers who can yank an audience out of its AI stupor for ten electrifying minutes.
—Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Now, however, Silicon Valley venture capitalists, futurists, East Coast entrepreneurs, and pronatalists — who fear falling birth rates pose an existential threat to the human race — are eager to push the technology forward.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Like the Italian futurists, Diamandis is drawn to dynamism, to the promise of speed.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
As for the accompanying nonfiction annotations, Choi’s brief was to work with Cass and Schroeder to make sure that the story, although fantastical and set in the far future, was sufficiently grounded in ideas that scientists and futurists are taking seriously today.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2024
Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
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
What’s clear is that crypto has become much bigger than the retail traders and techno futurists who are committed to HODLing through thick and thin.
—Emily Nicolle, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
By contrast, contemporary techno-futurists like Musk lead powerful multinational corporations that influence economies and cultures across the globe.
—Sonja Fritzsche, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
The same corporate event planners who used to book futurists with hologram slide decks are now on the hunt for celebrity performers who can yank an audience out of its AI stupor for ten electrifying minutes.
—Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Now, however, Silicon Valley venture capitalists, futurists, East Coast entrepreneurs, and pronatalists — who fear falling birth rates pose an existential threat to the human race — are eager to push the technology forward.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Like the Italian futurists, Diamandis is drawn to dynamism, to the promise of speed.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
As for the accompanying nonfiction annotations, Choi’s brief was to work with Cass and Schroeder to make sure that the story, although fantastical and set in the far future, was sufficiently grounded in ideas that scientists and futurists are taking seriously today.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for futurists
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The cold front will bring snow to western North Carolina, with peaks along the NC-Tennessee state line expecting to see around an inch, forecasters say.—
Mark Price
January 13,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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The cold blast will move in behind a round of showers for most of the region through the afternoon and evening, according to forecasters.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Jan. 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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Also damaged was a decades-old sculpture of Moses, one of Judaism’s greatest prophets who is often credited with receiving the Torah from God and writing it down.—
Jason Carroll,
CNN Money,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Futurists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/futurists. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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