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futurist

noun

ˈfyü-chə-rist

Definition of futurist

as in diviner

one who predicts future events or developments economic futurists predict a new world order in which information is the resource that drives a nation's economy

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Recent Examples of futurist Shelly Palmer, a futurist who consults for Microsoft and other companies, spends his days explaining the trends in AI to corporate leadership. — Jill Kargman, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2026 The June 5-7 shows from Love Art City, an Afro-futurist movement house. — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 4 June 2026 Ceilings and walls are covered with 17th-century frescoes while the bedroom area features Hadid’s futurist, dramatic design. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026 Thank you to my fellow globe-trotting futurist Natalie Monbiot for the press pass. — Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for futurist

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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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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, 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

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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

Definition of prophet

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The artist’s ceiling for the Sistine Chapel had included 20 nude males as supporting figures above the prophets and sibyls.

— Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026
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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