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Recent Examples of prophetess
But things did not turn out as the prophetess dreamed.
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Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2015
Positioning Robin as an unheeded prophetess and an eventual participant in Ethan’s undoing is a smart way to explore the sexism of the media world at the time.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
The words belong to Cassandra, the Trojan prophetess doomed to be disbelieved.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
Hecuba, the queen, goes to the wily Odysseus; her daughter-in-law Andromache, Hector’s widow, to Achilles’ son, Pyrrhus; and her daughter Cassandra, a prophetess doomed never to be believed, to the victorious general Agamemnon.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021
The [prophetess Deborah], for example, accompanies an army into battle.
—Jennifer Wollock, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2021
Toren, with nearly 400 titles to her name and several awards for narration, can sound like prophetess of trees.
—Jenni Laidman, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2018
Classical mythology brings us the tale of the Sibyl of Cumae, a prophetess who bargains with Apollo for endless life, and centuries later comes to yearn for death.
—Joshua Max Feldman, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2018
Florence Houteff, considered a prophetess by the Branch Davidians, predicted April 22, 1959, as the rollout date of the Book of Revelation’s fire and brimstone.
—Kimberly Winston, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2017
Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2015
Positioning Robin as an unheeded prophetess and an eventual participant in Ethan’s undoing is a smart way to explore the sexism of the media world at the time.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
The words belong to Cassandra, the Trojan prophetess doomed to be disbelieved.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
Hecuba, the queen, goes to the wily Odysseus; her daughter-in-law Andromache, Hector’s widow, to Achilles’ son, Pyrrhus; and her daughter Cassandra, a prophetess doomed never to be believed, to the victorious general Agamemnon.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021
The [prophetess Deborah], for example, accompanies an army into battle.
—Jennifer Wollock, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2021
Toren, with nearly 400 titles to her name and several awards for narration, can sound like prophetess of trees.
—Jenni Laidman, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2018
Classical mythology brings us the tale of the Sibyl of Cumae, a prophetess who bargains with Apollo for endless life, and centuries later comes to yearn for death.
—Joshua Max Feldman, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2018
Florence Houteff, considered a prophetess by the Branch Davidians, predicted April 22, 1959, as the rollout date of the Book of Revelation’s fire and brimstone.
—Kimberly Winston, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prophetess
Noun
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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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In the left panel, van Eyck depicts separate moments in a narrative that leads our eyes in a snaking line from the foreground figures of Mary and John the Evangelist, past Mary Magdalene and a prophesying sibyl, then up to the soldiers and horsemen crowding around the cross.—
Sebastian Smee,
Washington Post,
14 Oct. 2020
Noun
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The bad news, according to her seer (Big Freedia), is that someone has cursed AP (played by Sriram).—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
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The finale will also reveal who is the seer, a new twist where the winner of last week's mission will have the ability to see whether a player of their choice is a faithful or traitor.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That spells trouble in the Indo-Pacific, a watery region where military leaders and Beltway diviners believe a war over Taiwan could erupt as soon as 2027.—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
8 Mar. 2025
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That spells trouble in the Indo-Pacific, a watery region where military leaders and Beltway diviners believe a war over Taiwan could erupt as soon as 2027.—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Given that the upcoming Hunter Biden trial for tax felonies may have included testimony about how and when the presidential son shared fees from questionable foreign sources with his father, Mason could've had a side gig as a soothsayer.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2024
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Rather than the typical market outlook, fraught with all the dangers of being a soothsayer, this outlook will endeavor to take a journey like Lewis Carroll’s Alice to find some reality in markets that can sometimes seem unreal or irrational.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
Noun
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On the sublime 12-inch version—dub itself being a kind of ghost music—Rico Rodriguez takes his long solo as if standing atop a prophet’s peak, overlooking a city in flames.—
Ian Penman,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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During this time, the Nation of Islam’s theology included the idea that God came embodied in the person of Fard Muhammad, and that Elijah Muhammad was his prophet.—
Ahmed Ali Akbar,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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So Far The village oracle cursed Kratos by literally bonding the ashes of his deceased family to his body, earning him the Ghost of Sparta nickname for his ghostly white visage.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2025
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Following a warning from an oracle, Atalanta, known for her swift running pace, proclaimed that a potential suitor must beat her in a footrace, and that losers be killed.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In it, a fortune teller (Vanessa Bayer) reads Tess and Anna’s palms and marvels at the fact that their life lines have intertwined in the past, while the mother-daughter duo tries to downplay that incident.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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Essentially, foresight transforms the manager's role from fortune-teller to cultural anthropologist, decoding the complex tapestry of the present to guide the brand through the ever-changing business environment of tomorrow.—
Dr. Marcus Collins,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Prophetess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophetess. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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