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wisewomen

noun

plural of wisewoman
as in prophetesses

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  1. seers
  2. soothsayers
  3. diviners
  4. futurists
  5. forecasters
Noun
  • 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
Definition of seers
Noun
  • The pricing of the iPhone Duo and Apple's other new devices was reasonable and below what many tech soothsayers had predicted.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Pollsters, the modern equivalent of soothsayers, are increasingly wrong.
    — Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of soothsayers
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Whereas futurists look forward to achieving eternal life by uploading their brains to the cloud, many prefer a more traditional conception of salvation.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
  • During the Cold War, as futurists on both sides of the Iron Curtain plotted to control the direction of history, another group coalesced around a more modest idea.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of futurists
Noun
  • Rock Hill should see highs of 89 on Saturday and Sunday, 91 on Monday, 83 on Tuesday, 77 on Wednesday and 78 on Thursday, NWS forecasters said.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In Arizona, forecasters issued a flash flood watch for much of the central and northern parts of that state.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of forecasters
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