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
Those words proved to be prophetic.
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Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
In its choice to honor his prophetic body of work, the Nobel committee has broadcast a reminder that the political relevance of art lies, paradoxically, in its sense of feeling apart from time.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
The words turned out to be prophetic.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Le Bon strikes me as similarly prophetic.
—Rumaan Alam, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
In its choice to honor his prophetic body of work, the Nobel committee has broadcast a reminder that the political relevance of art lies, paradoxically, in its sense of feeling apart from time.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
The words turned out to be prophetic.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Le Bon strikes me as similarly prophetic.
—Rumaan Alam, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prophetic
predictive
Adjective
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The predictive power of off-year elections is mixed, and next year’s races will play out in a much wider swathe of the country.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Nov. 2025
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Generative, predictive, and other forms of AI collectively are projected to generate as much as $340 billion annually in value creation for the global banking sector, consulting giant McKinsey has estimated.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Prophetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophetic. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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