prophecy
Example Sentences
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When leaders insist that AI will double productivity, employees often overwork to fulfill that prophecy.
From Barron's
Warren Buffett once called him a Cassandra—the mythological Trojan priestess whose grim prophecies were ignored.
I was a fresh-faced high school senior, living out the prime of my teenage youth in an increasingly progressive world where fundamentalist doomsday prophecies were lobbed around in jest.
From Salon
“A high vacancy rate is a self-fulfilling prophecy,” said Dr. Stuart Bussey, president of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, which represents about 1,300 state psychiatrists.
From Los Angeles Times
His platitude of “humility is only a day away” feels more like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
From Los Angeles Times
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