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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
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Philosophers once prophesied that evolution would lead to minds far greater — and stranger — than our own.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prophesied
predicted
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Brentford, who are looking better than some predicted, were beaten, too.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Bleacher Report's Zach Buckley recently predicted the Los Angeles Dodgers would be the ones to land Tucker on a 10-year contract this offseason.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Prophesied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophesied. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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