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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
Orwell is often lauded as prophetic because his 1940s dystopian novels ring true with readers today.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Thankfully a native of the South Side of Chicago, who now resides in Vatican City, has shown us what a prophetic stance can look like.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Rereading it now, I was chilled to find that as much as Orwell provides a prophetic guide to our times, so does Nafisi, who chronicles daily life as the Islamic revolution transforms Iran.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
That album title became prophetic as BINI continued to gain more wins year after year.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Thankfully a native of the South Side of Chicago, who now resides in Vatican City, has shown us what a prophetic stance can look like.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Rereading it now, I was chilled to find that as much as Orwell provides a prophetic guide to our times, so does Nafisi, who chronicles daily life as the Islamic revolution transforms Iran.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
That album title became prophetic as BINI continued to gain more wins year after year.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prophetic
predictive
Adjective
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The team aims to optimize ship operations holistically by using wind tunnels at NTNU to identify the aerodynamic sweet spot for sail placement, developing predictive systems to automatically adjust sails before wind gusts hit, and integrating real-time wind forecasting into navigation computers.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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But Murton said predictive modeling indicates McFarlane should be in a good place with the big-league baseball.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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“Prophetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophetic. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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