as in diviners
one who predicts future events or developments
a financial forecaster who is widely followed by investors
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Recent Examples of forecasters
Typically during government shutdowns, most forecasters and technicians at the NWS are exempted from being furloughed — or put on unpaid leave — and that is expected to be the case should this one occur, the official stated.
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Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
The depression is forecast to become a tropical storm in the Bahamas this weekend, National Hurricane Center forecasters said.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
Hurricane forecasters are watching three major risk factors for people across a swath of the East Coast, a complex dance of weather that has led to a troubling forecast for late September.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Tropical activity is expected to continue increasing in the coming weeks as conditions become more favorable for development, forecasters say.
—Daniel Peck, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
The first day of fall will get off to a turbulent start in the Kansas City area, with strong to severe storms that could bring powerful winds and damaging hail, according to forecasters.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
Snow and ice will create hazardous conditions between late Monday and early Wednesday, forecasters said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Prophesizing the Skies For thousands of years, would-be weather forecasters struggled to pin down the relevant factors.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
These are the major factors standing in the way of interest rates coming down and leading forecasters to raise their recession probabilities.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
The depression is forecast to become a tropical storm in the Bahamas this weekend, National Hurricane Center forecasters said.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
Hurricane forecasters are watching three major risk factors for people across a swath of the East Coast, a complex dance of weather that has led to a troubling forecast for late September.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Tropical activity is expected to continue increasing in the coming weeks as conditions become more favorable for development, forecasters say.
—Daniel Peck, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
The first day of fall will get off to a turbulent start in the Kansas City area, with strong to severe storms that could bring powerful winds and damaging hail, according to forecasters.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
Snow and ice will create hazardous conditions between late Monday and early Wednesday, forecasters said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Prophesizing the Skies For thousands of years, would-be weather forecasters struggled to pin down the relevant factors.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
These are the major factors standing in the way of interest rates coming down and leading forecasters to raise their recession probabilities.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forecasters
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By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The prophets of biblical Israel demand justice and care for the stranger, widow, and orphan.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Their payroll ballooned well into the $350 million range, and prognosticators had them as potentially the best team ever.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Already, awards prognosticators are anointing it a possible Oscar player in several major categories.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Forecasters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forecasters. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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