prognosticator

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Even the gloomiest prognosticator thinks a formal default is highly unlikely, and the idea that it might happen within six years is in the very outside realm of risk.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

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

“I’m not a prognosticator, and if I was, I’d be at Del Mar tomorrow and make a lot of cash,” Kelly said, “so we’ll just take it how it comes.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2022

The bird, singled out for the dismal honour of being a death prognosticator, was the tawny, or screech owl. 

From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Owen, Elias