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clairvoyant

[klair-voi-uhnt] / klɛərˈvɔɪ ənt /




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While I claim no clairvoyant skills, given the ever-diminishing quality of the air we breathe, purified air could definitely become a commodity someday.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

Podcaster Tim Ferriss called him the “Nostradamus of AI” and “as close to clairvoyant as you could possibly be” for his hit rate on AI predictions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

Frederick FitzHerbert and his sister, Francesca, are not clairvoyant, but they seem to know just what Evelyn needs.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

The temblors have coincided with viral panic stemming from the 2021 reprint of a comic book that many are now interpreting as a clairvoyant prediction of a major earthquake.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2025

I moved away from the critic and found myself sitting beside a clairvoyant who loudly predicted the fates of the various characters seen moving their lips up on the screen.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Few of these bets paid off, so the oddsmakers were seen less as clairvoyants than reliable indicators of who wouldn’t be accepting a medal in Stockholm.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

But in tumultuous Myanmar, even clairvoyants urge caution.

From Barron's Dec. 21, 2025

“Beyond Black,” a realistically toned novel, was set in a world of psychics and clairvoyants.

From Washington Post Sep. 23, 2022

Fairley offered to hold a dinner for Barker and a collection of astrologers, clairvoyants, and card readers, if he could write it up for the newspaper.

From The New Yorker Feb. 25, 2019

Newspapers asked fortune-tellers, or clairvoyants, where the painting was.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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