as in diviner
one who predicts future events or developments
several leading Wall Street seers have cautioned investors to prepare for a downturn in the economy
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Recent Examples of seer
The finale will also reveal who is the seer, a new twist where the winner of last week's mission will have the ability to see whether a player of their choice is a faithful or traitor.
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Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
The seer, a game twist introduced in the last episode, was finally announced following Reyes’ departure.
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025
No seer, from Cassandra onward, has ever been happy to be proved correct.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Tax seers have a batting average well below that of the local weather forecaster.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
The seer, a game twist introduced in the last episode, was finally announced following Reyes’ departure.
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025
No seer, from Cassandra onward, has ever been happy to be proved correct.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Tax seers have a batting average well below that of the local weather forecaster.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seer
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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His tenure was short-lived, however: within a year, he was declared a sinner and imprisoned by another Acholi prophet: Joseph Kony.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
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He is considered a prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in the Exodus.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
11 Apr. 2025
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 Conference of the Birds is a poem about sufism, the doctrine propounded by the mystics of Islam.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Perhaps the mystics and statistics were waiting for the right moment.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Seer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seer. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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