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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
Popularized by the 1909 Scofield Bible and modern televangelism, this theology sees Israel's 1948 founding not as Jewish self-determination but as a prophetic sign of the end times marked by global tribulation, Jewish conversion, and Christ's return to rule from Jerusalem.
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David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
With a voice that incorporated prophetic clarity and scholarly rigor, King organized and led monumental campaigns like the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Birmingham campaign and the March on Washington.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
David Fincher's critical and at times even antagonistic portrait of Zuckerberg in The Social Network, which may have seemed harsh at the time, now seems to many as prophetic.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
While ostensibly charming and funny, the throwback images appeared to operate with the prophetic lyrics to establish a striking dichotomy: That of a period when technological advancement was largely associated with hope and promise, when humans managed the machines and steered their own fate.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
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David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
With a voice that incorporated prophetic clarity and scholarly rigor, King organized and led monumental campaigns like the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Birmingham campaign and the March on Washington.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
David Fincher's critical and at times even antagonistic portrait of Zuckerberg in The Social Network, which may have seemed harsh at the time, now seems to many as prophetic.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
While ostensibly charming and funny, the throwback images appeared to operate with the prophetic lyrics to establish a striking dichotomy: That of a period when technological advancement was largely associated with hope and promise, when humans managed the machines and steered their own fate.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prophetic
predictive
Adjective
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Creating Operational Digital Twins Intelligent cloud enables operational digital twins—real-time virtual replicas of business operations that combine IoT data, AI analytics and predictive modeling.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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The conclave markets’ big miss this week reflects the limits of their predictive powers.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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“Prophetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophetic. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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