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Recent Examples of prophetess
But things did not turn out as the prophetess dreamed.
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Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2015
Positioning Robin as an unheeded prophetess and an eventual participant in Ethan’s undoing is a smart way to explore the sexism of the media world at the time.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
The words belong to Cassandra, the Trojan prophetess doomed to be disbelieved.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
Hecuba, the queen, goes to the wily Odysseus; her daughter-in-law Andromache, Hector’s widow, to Achilles’ son, Pyrrhus; and her daughter Cassandra, a prophetess doomed never to be believed, to the victorious general Agamemnon.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021
The [prophetess Deborah], for example, accompanies an army into battle.
—Jennifer Wollock, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2021
Toren, with nearly 400 titles to her name and several awards for narration, can sound like prophetess of trees.
—Jenni Laidman, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2018
Classical mythology brings us the tale of the Sibyl of Cumae, a prophetess who bargains with Apollo for endless life, and centuries later comes to yearn for death.
—Joshua Max Feldman, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2018
Florence Houteff, considered a prophetess by the Branch Davidians, predicted April 22, 1959, as the rollout date of the Book of Revelation’s fire and brimstone.
—Kimberly Winston, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2017
Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2015
Positioning Robin as an unheeded prophetess and an eventual participant in Ethan’s undoing is a smart way to explore the sexism of the media world at the time.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
The words belong to Cassandra, the Trojan prophetess doomed to be disbelieved.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
Hecuba, the queen, goes to the wily Odysseus; her daughter-in-law Andromache, Hector’s widow, to Achilles’ son, Pyrrhus; and her daughter Cassandra, a prophetess doomed never to be believed, to the victorious general Agamemnon.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021
The [prophetess Deborah], for example, accompanies an army into battle.
—Jennifer Wollock, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2021
Toren, with nearly 400 titles to her name and several awards for narration, can sound like prophetess of trees.
—Jenni Laidman, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2018
Classical mythology brings us the tale of the Sibyl of Cumae, a prophetess who bargains with Apollo for endless life, and centuries later comes to yearn for death.
—Joshua Max Feldman, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2018
Florence Houteff, considered a prophetess by the Branch Davidians, predicted April 22, 1959, as the rollout date of the Book of Revelation’s fire and brimstone.
—Kimberly Winston, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prophetess
Noun
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Sherman has been the sibyl of such proliferating confusions, toying with representation’s integrity and the boundaries of identity for more than four decades.—
Nancy Princenthal,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2024
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In the left panel, van Eyck depicts separate moments in a narrative that leads our eyes in a snaking line from the foreground figures of Mary and John the Evangelist, past Mary Magdalene and a prophesying sibyl, then up to the soldiers and horsemen crowding around the cross.—
Sebastian Smee,
Washington Post,
14 Oct. 2020
Noun
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The seer was Wernher von Braun, a German engineer and an inspiration for Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
28 July 2025
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But Becker also reveals the largely forgotten precedents for this worldview, sketching a lineage of thought that connects today’s Silicon Valley seers to earlier futurist prophets.—
John Kaag,
The Atlantic,
28 May 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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But the prevalence of the debate proves the manga’s tight grip on the popular imagination – amplified by both soothsayers across Asia and social media – especially in seismically active Japan, where the constant threat of an earthquake or tsunami looms large in the popular imagination.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Aug. 2025
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Online soothsayers like Jon Prosser and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman have long predicted the content of upcoming Apple announcements, citing anonymous sources from within the company to glean glimpses of what’s next.—
Boone Ashworth,
Wired News,
18 July 2025
Noun
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The rally also marked Eid al-Ghadir, when, according to Shiite Muslim belief, the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated his nephew and companion Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
14 June 2025
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But that doesn’t rate the AI as being an oracle or a prophet.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Foreboding Song Before disaster strikes, a musical cue indicates to our oracle that something is amiss.—
Kellina Moore,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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History lovers, however, will be captivated by Delphi’s ancient oracle or the monasteries of Meteora—sitting high on otherworldly rock formations.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Jack the Clown will reign over his entourage of malicious jugglers, maniacal dancers and evil fortune tellers.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Aug. 2025
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There’s no fee per se, the fortune tellers do expect a small gratuity.—
JOE YOGERST,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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“Prophetess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophetess. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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