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as in spokesperson
a person who speaks for another or for a group in the 1960s Timothy Leary gained fame as the gonzo prophet of the psychedelic movement

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Recent Examples of prophet Kibbe himself, now in his seventies, remains both the system’s prophet and its greatest mystery. Rachel Hills, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025 Lynch plays Cole as a secular prophet, a grand and monumental presence dispensing wisdom and judgment with a self-deprecating yet oracular intensity. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025 Jethro—the biblical prophet Moses' father-in-law—is the most important prophet in the Druze religion and the ancestor of all Druze. Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025 Millenarian prophets associated it with empire, persecution, and decadence, often fomenting social unrest and rebellion. Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prophet
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Noun
  • That spells trouble in the Indo-Pacific, a watery region where military leaders and Beltway diviners believe a war over Taiwan could erupt as soon as 2027.
    Colin Demarest, Axios, 8 Mar. 2025
  • That spells trouble in the Indo-Pacific, a watery region where military leaders and Beltway diviners believe a war over Taiwan could erupt as soon as 2027.
    Colin Demarest, Axios, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Ten ambulances and eight fire trucks responded to the scene and transported four patients in critical condition and six in serious condition to hospitals, a Fort Worth Fire Department spokesperson said.
    Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Health ministry spokesperson Anees al-Asbahi said 171 people were injured in the strikes on April 17, according to preliminary figures, with rescue teams continuing efforts to search for victims.
    USA Today, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • No cause of the blast has yet to be determined, said Keith Holloway, NTSB spokesman, but a government felt a full investigation was warranted.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The missing include: Two woman from Haiti, one Jamaican woman, a man from the Dominican Republic and a man from the Bahamas, said Nestor Yglesias, spokesman for Homeland Security Investigations, the agency investigating the smuggling operation.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Prophet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophet. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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