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
Organizations are increasingly booking AI strategists, behavioral scientists and futurists who can explain complex developments in accessible commercial terms.
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Jack Hayes,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Some futurists compare this development to our primitive ancestors’ discovery of fire.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
For decades engineers, architects, futurists, industrialists, investors and politicians have been pining for a better, faster and cheaper way to build homes.
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Calmatters,
Mercury News,
16 Feb. 2026
For decades engineers, architects, futurists, industrialists, investors and politicians have been pining for a better, faster and cheaper way to build homes.
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Ben Christopher,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
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Sonja Fritzsche,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
Jack Hayes,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Some futurists compare this development to our primitive ancestors’ discovery of fire.
—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
For decades engineers, architects, futurists, industrialists, investors and politicians have been pining for a better, faster and cheaper way to build homes.
—
Calmatters,
Mercury News,
16 Feb. 2026
For decades engineers, architects, futurists, industrialists, investors and politicians have been pining for a better, faster and cheaper way to build homes.
—
Ben Christopher,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for futurists
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But the Pelican State is rated as a solid GOP seat by most political forecasters in the fall.
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Extreme heat this week will blanket a majority of American states through the July 4 weekend, according to forecasters.
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Seven Mountains has brought the language of spiritual warfare and demon-fighting into the mainstream of evangelicalism, through a network of pastors who view themselves as prophets and apostles engaged in a battle against evil secular forces.
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This idea was the work of the apostles and prophets of the New Apostolic Reformation, a charismatic movement that began gathering momentum in the 1990s and is now the leading edge of the Christian right.
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“Futurists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/futurists. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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