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seers

noun

plural of seer

as in diviners

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 seers Not in seers, not in sibyls, not in spirits from the great beyond. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 Laqueur’s book dwells on the way that canines often function in art—as seers of things that people miss. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026 Seeing around the bend in the river—or even knowing the river ahead does indeed bend—can require the sort of leap of faith that made Vannevar Bush insist that shamans, priests and spiritual seers are the antecedents of today’s engineering stars. — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Aug. 2019

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Ancient Chinese scholars made records of solar eclipses, and diviners made prophecies during these auspicious events.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of diviners

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Moses received the Torah from Sinai, and handed it down to Joshua, and Joshua to the elders, and the elders to the prophets, and the prophets delivered it to the men of the Great Synagogue.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
Seven Mountains has brought the language of spiritual warfare and demon-fighting into the mainstream of evangelicalism, through a network of pastors who view themselves as prophets and apostles engaged in a battle against evil secular forces.

— Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

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Wide swaths of California will face searing temperatures over the weekend, with forecasters issuing a heat advisory for non-coastal areas and warning about the risk of adverse fire weather.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
The day of the avalanche, snow forecasters issued a dire warning for people to stay out of the backcountry due to the high risk of slides.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026

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