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forecaster

noun

Definition of forecaster

as in diviner

one who predicts future events or developments a financial forecaster who is widely followed by investors

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Recent Examples of forecaster Comfortable late-summer weather will give way to hotter, more humid conditions in the Kansas City area this weekend, with temperatures climbing into the 90s, forecasters say. — Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026 When the Labor Department puts out the August jobs report next week, it’s expected to show that employers added another 65,000 jobs, according to a survey of forecasters by the data firm FactSet. — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 But most forecasters rate the race as leaning toward a Cooper win. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 Photos of a coastal funnel cloud were posted on social media Monday, but forecasters have determined those photos are of a storm in Bettie, about 16 miles southwest of Cedar Island. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026 Smoke impacts are unlikely for the Lake Tahoe area and the Sierra Nevada in California, according to National Weather Service Reno office forecaster Tony Fuentes. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 As of Tuesday morning, forecasters lowered its shot to 40% in the next two to four days. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 Plausibly, then, Chinese forecasters determined that the weather would not break before the current launch window to reach the lunar pole from Wenchang closes. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Aug. 2026 With thousands of homes and businesses still in the dark Thursday, forecasters warned yet another tropical cyclone is likely to approach the islands soon. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

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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
While often presented as the act of using beauty practices to manifest your desires, diviner and spiritual wellness teacher Tatianna Tarot would caution against getting too attached to semantics.

— Essence, Essence, 23 Nov. 2025

Definition of diviner

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To Greenberg, Avery was a prophet, his work a precursor to his younger peers’ more radical experiments.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
Bateman led an offshoot of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and presented himself as a religious prophet following the imprisonment of longtime FLDS leader Warren Jeffs, PEOPLE previously reported.

— Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

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The combined success of these blockbusters — not to mention the droves of smaller-scale films doing their part — has helped vault the domestic box office back to numbers many prognosticators thought were ancient history.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026
The trouble is that most prognosticators are still fighting the last war.

— Nigel Morris, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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