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
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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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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 storm, expected to be the most significant so far this winter season, will impact most of the nation east of the Rocky Mountains with snow and ice, and usher in some of the coldest temperatures seen in years, forecasters have said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
25 Jan. 2026
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Weather forecasters are warning that a major winter storm is expected to impact large portions of the United States starting Friday.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Oracle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oracle. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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