variants
also prophetical
as in predictive
being a sign of a later course of events
in retrospect, those lower-than-expected sales numbers were a prophetic indicator of the financial trouble the company would soon be in
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Recent Examples of prophetic
Le Bon strikes me as similarly prophetic.
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Rumaan Alam, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Campbell’s words looked prophetic last season when Detroit lost in its first playoff game against the upstart Washington Commanders — despite entering the postseason with a 15-2 record.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
Laisure’s response to Shane was prophetic.
—John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
From the interpolation of four variegating imperatives emerges a single prophetic voice.
—Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
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Rumaan Alam, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Campbell’s words looked prophetic last season when Detroit lost in its first playoff game against the upstart Washington Commanders — despite entering the postseason with a 15-2 record.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
Laisure’s response to Shane was prophetic.
—John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
From the interpolation of four variegating imperatives emerges a single prophetic voice.
—Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prophetic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prophetic
predictive
Adjective
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Esfandyar-pour said the platform could deepen understanding of cancer mechanisms and improve predictive accuracy in drug efficacy assessments.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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These will get stronger and more predictive as the season rolls along.—
Jake Ciely,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Prophetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophetic. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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