as in prediction
a declaration that something will happen in the future
took the soothsayings published in the tabloids with a grain of salt
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Recent Examples of soothsaying
Literary Hub,
16 Apr. 2026
Yet another closed the gap between doomsday soothsaying, beautiful love songs, the buzzing of broken refrigerators, and the august majesty of whales.
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Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
16 Dec. 2025
As Pete says, juries almost literally live on another planet, being sequestered from the likes of us and our soothsaying.
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Damon Wise,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
It’s told in flashback to Simba and Nala’s daughter, Kiara, by the soothsaying mandrill Rafiki, with the meerkat Timon and the warthog Pumbaa goofing on the sidelines.
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Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2024
Does Nashawaty, in his soothsaying capacity, even have the right decade?
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Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2024
But it was powered by profound public discontent with Argentina’s sclerotic status quo, especially from a generation of younger voters who have seen little relief from years of endemic fiscal crisis and debt, and have no more patience for the appeals and soothsaying of the establishment.
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Ishaan Tharoor,
Washington Post,
21 Nov. 2023
For now, earthquakes remains the trickiest natural disaster to predict, but our earthquake soothsaying is improving, as geologists uncover the subtle secrets of the world-shaking movements along Earth’s many fault lines.
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Darren Orf,
Popular Mechanics,
20 July 2023
And he’s developed a recent interest in soothsaying, a result of several visits to psychic Frank Andrews.
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Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
This is the mix of soothsaying and realism that entrepreneurs like Musk deploy to raise money for their companies.
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Literary Hub,
16 Apr. 2026
Yet another closed the gap between doomsday soothsaying, beautiful love songs, the buzzing of broken refrigerators, and the august majesty of whales.
—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
16 Dec. 2025
As Pete says, juries almost literally live on another planet, being sequestered from the likes of us and our soothsaying.
—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
It’s told in flashback to Simba and Nala’s daughter, Kiara, by the soothsaying mandrill Rafiki, with the meerkat Timon and the warthog Pumbaa goofing on the sidelines.
—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2024
Does Nashawaty, in his soothsaying capacity, even have the right decade?
—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2024
But it was powered by profound public discontent with Argentina’s sclerotic status quo, especially from a generation of younger voters who have seen little relief from years of endemic fiscal crisis and debt, and have no more patience for the appeals and soothsaying of the establishment.
—
Ishaan Tharoor,
Washington Post,
21 Nov. 2023
For now, earthquakes remains the trickiest natural disaster to predict, but our earthquake soothsaying is improving, as geologists uncover the subtle secrets of the world-shaking movements along Earth’s many fault lines.
—
Darren Orf,
Popular Mechanics,
20 July 2023
And he’s developed a recent interest in soothsaying, a result of several visits to psychic Frank Andrews.
—
Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soothsaying
Noun
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To be sure, some of the worst-case predictions did not materialize, such as an immediate recession or a housing market crash.
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Below are five bold predictions about what the world of artificial intelligence will look like in the year 2030.
Adjective
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Thoughts of all the beautiful, mundane, familiar things that make life so sweet had turned sour in my ominous fortune-telling.
Noun
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The National Weather Service issued an extreme-heat watch at the Grand Canyon for midday Monday through Tuesday, forecasting temperatures that could exceed 110 degrees at the low-elevation Phantom Ranch.
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Preparing for what comes after AGI, the authors write, will take forecasting and benchmarking and continuous monitoring, plus the ability to turn that work into policy quickly, across labs and governments and the research community at the same time.
Adjective
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Compelling characters, breathtaking action, beautiful environments, and an array of wondrous alien creatures.
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The film follows Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang, who go on an emotional and wondrous journey to the vibrant Big City when Snoopy runs away from home.
Noun
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With the 2025 college football season on the horizon, months of previewing and predicting soon will be in the rearview mirror.
Adjective
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Our work complements beautifully the extraordinary work that has already been done by the producers, sales agents and distributors of Mike Leigh’s films over the years.
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The Vietnam War was fought by young Americans thrust into extraordinary circumstances.
Noun
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The developing pattern could be favorable for another Omega block-like pattern bringing impacts that last further into July, the forecast discussion noted.
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When the current stock price is compared to the forecast, the price-to-earnings ratio falls to around 11.
Adjective
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Since SpaceX’s stupendous debut, the math governing a potential union has improved substantially.
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The best of what was the best of the Crillon has been thoughtfully preserved, while the best of what is new (the bar, the barbershop, L’Ecrin restaurant, and the stupendous suites by the late Karl Lagerfeld) is gobsmacking in its boldness and daring.
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