oracle
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His heathen to holy transformation also brings to mind words from another cultural oracle of the late ’60s: “You’ve come a long way, baby.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Aschenbrenner, who is in his mid-20s, was seen by some as an AI oracle, with other investors closely tracking his firm’s movements as it placed big, leveraged bets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
When Paul the Octopus predicted all of Germany's results correctly at the 2010 World Cup, he was hailed by the world as an oracle.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Such questions call for an oracle, a big thinker, a visionary.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
But the way it turned out, the whole thing sort of backfired, because by the end of the period the whole class—Toby included—was as hung up on the whole oracle bit as Mrs. Granger was.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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In the age of oracles, learning to answer that question may be the most important thing any of us can do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Star Feliz, a New York artist now based in L.A., was exploring the connection between civilian oracles and artificial technologies in their art when they were approached to make a new piece for the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
She must make her best guesses about whose history matters and wait to see what the history oracles will permit.
From Slate ● May 8, 2024
Sanjayan has long been concerned that a certain uniformity in style among the oracles of climate change has kept their message from breaking through in a maximally effective way.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2021
At a crossroads a ground set with dolmen stones where the spoken bones of oracles lay moldering.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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