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Recent Examples of oracular
With each passing year, Michaels has added to his list of oracular pronouncements.
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Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Grade’s novels aren’t oracular, the way the section on postwar Vilna in his memoir was.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 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
The bottom line: Odds aren't oracular — even a 99% chance is not a sure thing.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
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Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Grade’s novels aren’t oracular, the way the section on postwar Vilna in his memoir was.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 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
The bottom line: Odds aren't oracular — even a 99% chance is not a sure thing.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oracular
Adjective
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Before long, his life is plagued by a series of mysterious, sinister incidents that threaten to upend his success and bring about a most violent demise.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 July 2025
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He’s then forced to compete in a sinister game of hide-and-seek, where even more players are eliminated.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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The Memex was the prophetic prototype of hypertext, personal knowledge augmentation, and linked information systems.—
Amir Husain,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Our bishops and the leaders of our denominations have a special responsibility to exercise prophetic leadership.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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Another is about death itself and the portentous ride to the other side.—
Sezin Devi Keohler,
EW.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Other portentous allegories ensue.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Born into the cult, Prophet draws comparisons between the group’s apocalyptic dogma (braced for a Soviet nuclear strike, the church built extensive Montana bomb shelters in the early 1990s), and Christian Nationalism, QAnon and the MAGA movement.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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This seemingly apocalyptic scenario wasn’t confined to Antarctica.—
Discover Magazine,
Discover Magazine,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 July 2025
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That decision ultimately cost him the match, and when the bout was over, Orton’s menacing stare at Rhodes not-so-subtly hinted at a potential heel turn.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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So creating models that are predictive of real-world systems, to me, was just an incredibly fascinating endeavor.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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Think of it as mission control for retail inventory—intelligent, predictive and fully actionable.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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According to this view, in spite of the baleful impact of the Jewish people as a whole, rare Jewish individuals could stand out.—
Gregory Fried,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Oct. 2014
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Its baleful guitar and hackneyed vocals make the average doubts shared by everyone who has ever been in love seem generic.—
Will Dukes,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Oracular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oracular. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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