as in diviners
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 oracles
During the formative phase of the infant American republic, when its survival was still problematic, iconic founders performed a valuable function as reliable sources of unquestioned wisdom, a veritable gallery of Delphic oracles available on demand.
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Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Back in the 90s, videos about computer chips and global warming serve as oracles.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 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
And this desire for control, for some method to be brought to bear on the sinister uncertainty of life, explains also my susceptibility to oracles like the Yijing.
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Back in the 90s, videos about computer chips and global warming serve as oracles.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 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
And this desire for control, for some method to be brought to bear on the sinister uncertainty of life, explains also my susceptibility to oracles like the Yijing.
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oracles
Noun
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Hale connects that story to another tale that took place in the same wilderness twenty years earlier—a story of a cult, brainwashing, teenage prophets, and murder.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Older Western societies are presented as inherently illiberal, to be contrasted unfavorably with the perfectly liberal society promised by the prophets of the progressive future.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
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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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The cold blast will move in behind a round of showers for most of the region through the afternoon and evening, according to forecasters.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Oracles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oracles. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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