Thesaurus results for ORACLES

oracles

noun

plural of oracle

as in diviners

a person who can tell what will happen in the future The oracle told him to not make any major life decisions this month.

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Recent Examples of oracles All of them are concerned with legacy, particularly among fathers and daughters (Shakespeare had two and lost his only son), and all of them touch a realm beyond the mundane — a place of gods and dreams, oracles and enchantment. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026 The loudest of those skeptics still get treated as oracles, even as the downside bets behind them quietly decay toward nothing. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Back in the ’90s, videos about computer chips and global warming serve as oracles. — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 June 2026 During the formative phase of the infant American republic, when its survival was still problematic, iconic founders performed a valuable function as reliable sources of unquestioned wisdom, a veritable gallery of Delphic oracles available on demand. — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025 For example, while experts use chatbots as collaboration tools—riffing on ideas, clarifying intuitions—novices often treat them mistakenly as automation tools, oracles that speak from a bottomless well of knowledge. — David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025 And this desire for control, for some method to be brought to bear on the sinister uncertainty of life, explains also my susceptibility to oracles like the Yijing. — Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025

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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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This eight-part series takes a look at the history of four Korean leaders who claimed to be prophets.

— Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026
But those concerns didn’t stop groups of Catholics from joining a recent joyous pilgrimage on Mount Tabor, where the Gospels say Jesus appeared transfigured alongside the Jewish prophets Moses and Elijah.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of prophets

Noun

Weather forecasters collapse a hugely complex atmosphere into a two-dimensional map, knowing that two skilled people will draw different predictions from the same input.

— Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
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

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