as in Cassandra
one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity
doomsayers had been warning for some time that the housing bubble was going to burst
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Chief among the doomsayers is Robert Gordon, a professor of economics at Northwestern University.
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Tyler Cowen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
And the doomsayers should take a deep breath and stop saying otherwise.
—Kendra Stanton Lee, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
There was also something existentially disturbing about meeting with a passive-investing doomsayer when the bulk of my family’s savings is, more or less, invested passively.
—Andrew Lipstein, Harper's Magazine, 17 June 2024
To judge from the editorial pages and Capitol Hill currents that both shape and reflect Washington’s perceptions of the world, the doomsayers sounding alarms over the risk of direct military conflict between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine have been proved wrong.
—George Beebe, TIME, 1 July 2024
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Tyler Cowen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
And the doomsayers should take a deep breath and stop saying otherwise.
—Kendra Stanton Lee, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
There was also something existentially disturbing about meeting with a passive-investing doomsayer when the bulk of my family’s savings is, more or less, invested passively.
—Andrew Lipstein, Harper's Magazine, 17 June 2024
To judge from the editorial pages and Capitol Hill currents that both shape and reflect Washington’s perceptions of the world, the doomsayers sounding alarms over the risk of direct military conflict between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine have been proved wrong.
—George Beebe, TIME, 1 July 2024
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“Doomsayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomsayer. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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