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

FiveThirtyEight, the prognosticator Silver founded in 2008 and left earlier this year, gives Harris a 56% chance of winning, while DecisionDeskHQ gave her a 54% chance.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 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

That prognosticator was Sean Payton, who was a Fox studio analyst during his yearlong sabbatical between coaching gigs with the Saints and Broncos.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023

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