futurists

plural of futurist

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Recent Examples of futurists 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for futurists
Noun
  • Tropical activity is expected to gradually ramp up over the next few weeks as conditions become more favorable for development, forecasters say.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • La Niña is coming, forecasters say.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The prophets of biblical Israel demand justice and care for the stranger, widow, and orphan.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Futurists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/futurists. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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