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as in spokesperson
a person who speaks for another or for a group in the 1960s Timothy Leary gained fame as the gonzo prophet of the psychedelic movement

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Recent Examples of prophet Cut to: Hampton reading from The Book of Jonah, a section of the Old Testament perhaps best known for the titular prophet getting swallowed by a whale. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025 Looking down into the pit is not a powerful moment — looking up at this teenager that is desperate to get out of the wilderness and kill this false prophet in Lottie is powerful. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025 As a shape-shifting rock poet — a prophet with a nasal yowl — Dylan and his opaque words were particularly attractive for theorists of the literary, musical and conspiratorial varieties. Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025 On the sublime 12-inch version—dub itself being a kind of ghost music—Rico Rodriguez takes his long solo as if standing atop a prophet’s peak, overlooking a city in flames. Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prophet
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Another reason people put off going to bed is to avoid feeling anxious or restless, said James Rowley, MD, a sleep medicine expert at Rush University Medical Center and spokesperson for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
    Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Related article Senators demand information from AI companion apps following kids’ safety concerns, lawsuits A spokesperson for Character.
    Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • An Army spokesman on Thursday confirmed that two inmates tried to escape late last month.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2025
  • Police were called to the scene around 4:50 p.m. by officials from Brooklyn College in response to a demonstration, an NYPD spokesman said.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025

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“Prophet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophet. Accessed 13 May. 2025.

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