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
For most of my adult life, I have felt like that kind of “within” talk is fortune-cookie horoscope speak, signifying nothing.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 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
She had been showing Parvati her completed horoscope under the desk.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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
Astrologers for centuries have referred to the movement and positions of planets and other celestial bodies to inform readings and horoscopes.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 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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