prognosticator

Example Sentences

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Right now, a Magic 8 Ball might offer better insight than any prognosticator.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

That isn't to say the prognosticator is fully in the bag for Harris.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2024

Not to cast a shadow over your Groundhog Day fun, but flipping a coin is a better prognosticator of winter weather than the 39 percent success rate of Punxsutawney Phil and his coterie.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2024

At the beginning of the season, it was hard to find a prognosticator who thought the Orioles would have a winning season, much less a chance to play late-October baseball.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2022

Thou toldest me, that my punishments were but beginning—Canst thou, O fatal prognosticator, cans thou tell me, where they will end?

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Richardson, Samuel