as in diviner
a person who can tell what will happen in the future
The oracle told him to not make any major life decisions this month.
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Recent Examples of oracle
Part anthropologist and part oracle, Thomas leads the Kearney Consumer Institute, a think tank inside a consulting firm used by some of the biggest retailers and brands.
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Alina Selyukh, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
And some have pointed to Oracle as, well, a potential oracle of the jitters.
—John Kell, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
In fact, at the time, Costner was being warned by no less an oracle than Steven Spielberg.
—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
Like any good oracle, Le Bon knows precisely what the future holds.
—Rumaan Alam, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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Alina Selyukh, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
And some have pointed to Oracle as, well, a potential oracle of the jitters.
—John Kell, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
In fact, at the time, Costner was being warned by no less an oracle than Steven Spielberg.
—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
Like any good oracle, Le Bon knows precisely what the future holds.
—Rumaan Alam, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oracle
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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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King was a prophet and master of language, sent by God at a time in history when race relations were deeply fractured.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026
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There are chaotic military bases and open-air markets and mad prophets and scavengers and snipers and some people who’ve managed to establish some twisted sense of normalcy.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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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One reason medieval mystics resorted to apophatic language was to suggest the ineffable majesty of God, the God beyond God.—
Christian Wiman,
Harpers Magazine,
30 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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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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Forecasting is never foolproof, but since the pandemic, professional forecasters have been mostly on target, if a little pessimistic.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Oracle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oracle. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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