horoscope
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It’s not really a medical test so much as a reminder, a coach, or maybe even a horoscope of sorts.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
In the course of his travels, he heard John Calvin speak, had his horoscope read by Nostradamus and witnessed the French dauphin toss a small dog out of a high window.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
But the country's most popular horoscope forecasting the Buddhist new year starting in early 2026, touted by street vendors nationwide in recent days, contains clashing portents.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
Many critics noted that their work suffered from selection bias and determinism; a 1991 Newsweek article described it as “an elaborate historical horoscope that will never withstand scholarly scrutiny.”
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025
My horoscope did say I should trust someone.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Henry Chen, born in 1990, the Year of the Horse, never took Chinese horoscopes too seriously.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
Some studies have linked belief in horoscopes and zodiac signs to "confirmation bias", the tendency to believe or remember information that aligns with our pre-existing beliefs, and interpret it selectively to support them.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024
In another trial, when given a photograph of a stocked bookshelf, both chatbots offered detailed descriptions of the hypothetical owner’s supposed character and interests that were almost like AI-generated horoscopes.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023
By 1700, astrological consultation for personal destinies and the use of personal horoscopes “pretty much disappeared from Europe … and was no longer taken seriously by educated people,” Campion says.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 24, 2023
He cast horoscopes for the Duke of Wallenstein, as he had done for Rudolf II, and spent his final years in a Silesian town controlled by Wallenstein and called Sagan.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Power Suffix: -scope
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