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as in diviner
one who predicts future events or developments
an economist who is regarded by many as a reliable prophet of future developments in the global economy
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as in spokesperson
a person who speaks for another or for a group
in the 1960s Timothy Leary gained fame as the gonzo prophet of the psychedelic movement
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Recent Examples of prophet
Kibbe himself, now in his seventies, remains both the system’s prophet and its greatest mystery.
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Rachel Hills, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
Lynch plays Cole as a secular prophet, a grand and monumental presence dispensing wisdom and judgment with a self-deprecating yet oracular intensity.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Jethro—the biblical prophet Moses' father-in-law—is the most important prophet in the Druze religion and the ancestor of all Druze.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Millenarian prophets associated it with empire, persecution, and decadence, often fomenting social unrest and rebellion.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Rachel Hills, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
Lynch plays Cole as a secular prophet, a grand and monumental presence dispensing wisdom and judgment with a self-deprecating yet oracular intensity.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Jethro—the biblical prophet Moses' father-in-law—is the most important prophet in the Druze religion and the ancestor of all Druze.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Millenarian prophets associated it with empire, persecution, and decadence, often fomenting social unrest and rebellion.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prophet
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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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Questions like these have been asked of diviners around the world throughout history—and still are today.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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At the time, José Menendez was an executive at Hertz and Simpson was a spokesperson for the car rental company.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2025
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That includes a new economy parking lot, according to Lindsay Myers, Sacramento airport spokesperson.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Last year, the spokesman said, 162 ghost guns were recovered in Queens, followed by 92 in the Bronx, 79 in Brooklyn, 35 in Manhattan and 16 on Staten Island.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2025
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The incident in Haiti’s center highlights how gang activity is expanding beyond the West region, where Port-au-Prince is located, Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists in New York on Wednesday.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Prophet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophet. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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