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to tell of or describe beforehand
holy men were prophesying the coming of a new messiah
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Recent Examples of prophesying
Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
She’s taken, perversely, with John the Baptist, imprisoned in a cistern and prophesying doom for the decadent, Godless heathens, Salome in particular.
—Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Citrini was far from the only voice prophesying such a pessimistic future.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
One day, his dad, Brian (Palin), shares an old recipe involving rainwater, horse manure and alchemy to create Homunculi – magical prophesying spirits that can predict the future.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
The Houthis are led by a family of clerical megalomaniacs who have been prophesying apocalyptic war since the early 2000s.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
Hall was raised in large part by a single mother—who, perhaps prophesying her son’s eventual vocation in Hollywood, was named Annie Hall.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
She’s taken, perversely, with John the Baptist, imprisoned in a cistern and prophesying doom for the decadent, Godless heathens, Salome in particular.
—Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Citrini was far from the only voice prophesying such a pessimistic future.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
One day, his dad, Brian (Palin), shares an old recipe involving rainwater, horse manure and alchemy to create Homunculi – magical prophesying spirits that can predict the future.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
The Houthis are led by a family of clerical megalomaniacs who have been prophesying apocalyptic war since the early 2000s.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prophesying
Noun
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But maybe this is a self-fulfilling prophecy.—
Richard E. Vatz,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Apr. 2026
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Isaiah is one of the greatest books of the Old Testament regarding the prophecy of Jesus Christ as savior.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok applied it to the AI age, predicting that AI adoption will beget more jobs, not fewer.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Every week of the season, four of us — a guest subscriber on rotation, an algorithm, six-year-old Wilfred and me — have been predicting the Premier League results with varying degrees of success.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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But while Pritzker’s actions may be read through the lens of his potential 2028 presidential ambitions, the broader issue of who can regulate prediction markets has been building for months.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Traders on the prediction market site Polymarket were giving Musk 32% odds of success as of Friday, after weeks of volatile price swings.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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One night, Jenna Wallace, a veterinarian in Hawaii who had worked with dolphins and orcas, but not with humpbacks, was reading about the whale in bed after a few glasses of wine.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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Keep reading to shop more of my favorite petite spring staples from Quince.—
Tanya Sharma,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Without full accounting, required financial statements, annual audits, budget tracking and forecasting are thrown off and libraries risk spending money that’s supposed to be dedicated to pensions on building maintenance, Franco said.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Subsequent investigations have suggested that the infrastructure and risk forecasting were inadequate for such a devastating natural disaster.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Peasants whisper about monsters in the forest, and in the interlude between the wars, Lajos gazes at a house that is burning down and has a premonition of the world-historical destruction to come.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Our mascot was Pablo Picasso, and Cattelan had an actor walk around with a giant Picasso mask posing for pictures in the pre-iPhone era, an early premonition of the endless selfies.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the wake of Friday’s abysmal jobs report , investors are scrambling to understand whether the loss of 92,000 jobs in February was a blip or a foretelling of more payroll cuts to come as t he adoption of AI by corporations increases .—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Her company then put out a glossy launch video promoting its product’s wondrous new features, neglecting to mention that the tech didn’t actually work.—
Theo Baker,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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The usage of not just music, but visuals, color, emotion, and story brought another reason to explore the wondrous nature of filmmaking.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Prophesying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophesying. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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