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
These rappers were like oracles that spoke to me.
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Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Back in the 90s, videos about computer chips and global warming serve as oracles.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Not long ago, chatting with AI felt like consulting a cryptic oracle.
—Ivan Guzenko, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
For example, while experts use chatbots as collaboration tools—riffing on ideas, clarifying intuitions—novices often treat them mistakenly as automation tools, oracles that speak from a bottomless well of knowledge.
—David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
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Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Back in the 90s, videos about computer chips and global warming serve as oracles.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Not long ago, chatting with AI felt like consulting a cryptic oracle.
—Ivan Guzenko, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
For example, while experts use chatbots as collaboration tools—riffing on ideas, clarifying intuitions—novices often treat them mistakenly as automation tools, oracles that speak from a bottomless well of knowledge.
—David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oracle
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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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The diviner then asks a question in a yes-or-no format while tapping the enclosure to encourage the spider or crab to emerge.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Just four years after graduating, Aschenbrenner is holding private discussions with tech CEOs, investors, and policymakers who treat him as a kind of prophet of the AI age.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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He was named one of the church's top governing bodies in 1984, and became its leader and prophet in 2018, at the age of 93.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
28 Sep. 2025
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This ancient practice has been a source of guidance and meaning for people from all walks of life, not just mystics and starry-eyed romantics.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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In the 15th century, Sufi mystics are said to have consumed it to stay awake during long nights of prayer and devotions.—
Ali Halit Diker,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 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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In Wisconsin, forecasters are not expecting La Niña conditions to have major impacts on the weather, but there is a chance of a wetter and warmer winter in Wisconsin due to La Niña.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The forecast also does not factor in Siberian snow cover, which other forecasters use as the basis for their winter weather forecasts.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Oracle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oracle. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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