prophecies

variants also prophesies
plural of prophecy
as in predictions
a declaration that something will happen in the future the report on climate change included alarming prophecies of rising sea levels and increased storm activity

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Recent Examples of prophecies Some of its inhabitants look for ominous signs and listen to prophecies. Marta Balaga, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 If only professional old salt Wyck (Stephen Root) would quit with the doomsday prophecies about the fog being a sign of the island waking from malevolent slumber. Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Considered the most important ancient site after the Acropolis, Delphi in central Greece was home to the Oracle of Delphi who delivered prophecies to the people from Apollo himself. Jennifer Tzeses, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026 In my experience, those negative self-beliefs often become self-fulfilling prophecies unless they’re challenged head-on. CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 Ancient Chinese scholars made records of solar eclipses, and diviners made prophecies during these auspicious events. Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026 While not always negative, transference can replace curiosity with assumptions, leading to self-fulfilling prophecies. Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 Outside of Silicon Valley, there is a tendency to dismiss such prophecies as, at best, patently unserious. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026 Dafoe’s Thomas Wake is the film’s Proteus figure, a salty old lighthouse keeper who speaks like someone out of ancient myth, dispensing prophecies and superstitions. Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026
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Noun
  • See Star-Telegram high school sports editor Charles Baggarly and reporter Darren Lauber’s predictions for 20 Fort Worth-area games.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026
  • For decades, astronomers studying the surroundings of the Milky Way have determined there are too few dwarf satellite galaxies orbiting our own galaxy when compared to predictions made by the standard model of cosmology.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • Nomura also added forecasts for two more hikes for the European Central Bank in December and March, adding that inflation could print above target until early 2027, citing the Iran conflict.
    Justina Lee, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
  • That scenario has leapt from the realm of science fiction into forecasts about the near future, at least among some AI employees and observers.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Prophecies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophecies. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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