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to tell of or describe beforehand
holy men were prophesying the coming of a new messiah
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Recent Examples of prophesied
Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Philosophers once prophesied that evolution would lead to minds far greater — and stranger — than our own.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
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predicted
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Tom Chittum, a former ATF Associate Deputy Director had predicted the single shot fired at Kirk indicated a bolt action rifle was used.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Primordial black holes, meanwhile, are theorized to be much more diminutive than even stellar mass black holes, with masses predicted to be anywhere from that of giant planets down to average-sized asteroids.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Prophesied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophesied. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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