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Recent Examples of oracular
Lynch plays Cole as a secular prophet, a grand and monumental presence dispensing wisdom and judgment with a self-deprecating yet oracular intensity.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
The bottom line: Odds aren't oracular — even a 99% chance is not a sure thing.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
The book carries Ward’s characteristic mélange of vernacular speech and lush, sometimes oracular prose, immersing readers in the blessings — and difficulties — of family, the ways that bonds can both nurture and destroy.
—Imani Perry, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
Mambo’s ability to fill a potentially minor moment with zest speaks to the richness of his performance as Sterling, who is now funny, now oracular, now a case study in unpredictable action.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 19 June 2023
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
The bottom line: Odds aren't oracular — even a 99% chance is not a sure thing.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
The book carries Ward’s characteristic mélange of vernacular speech and lush, sometimes oracular prose, immersing readers in the blessings — and difficulties — of family, the ways that bonds can both nurture and destroy.
—Imani Perry, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
Mambo’s ability to fill a potentially minor moment with zest speaks to the richness of his performance as Sterling, who is now funny, now oracular, now a case study in unpredictable action.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 19 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oracular
Adjective
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Thorne starred in the film as a young woman who discovers her father has been killed after returning to her small hometown, while Rourke, 72, starred as a sinister sheriff.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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As digitally dropped threats from an unknown predator grow increasingly sinister during the protagonist’s big date at a Chicago restaurant, the messages blast across the big screen in huge letters, or plaster an entire wall of the ladies’ restroom.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Often heralded as prophetic, this novel centers on a young girl with a debilitating form of hyperempathy.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2025
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Popularized by the 1909 Scofield Bible and modern televangelism, this theology sees Israel's 1948 founding not as Jewish self-determination but as a prophetic sign of the end times marked by global tribulation, Jewish conversion, and Christ's return to rule from Jerusalem.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Another is about death itself and the portentous ride to the other side.—
Sezin Devi Keohler,
EW.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Other portentous allegories ensue.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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Power asserts itself mercilessly, and the action is shot through with apocalyptic premonitions, which reminds him of our time.—
Jeffrey Arlo Brown,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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The apocalyptic tale pits our hero Ellie not against the zombies that served as the frequent antagonists in the first game, but other people bent on destroying her and her surrogate father Joel.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Until Henry momentarily excuses himself from the table, that is, and the person or persons behind these winky-wink messages tell her to poison Henry ASAP or the menacing guy currently hiding in her apartment will kill her boy.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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Ivan Koloff Oreal Donald Perras, wrestling as Ivan Koloff, became synonymous with the menacing Soviet villain.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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With predictive analytics and real-time fraud detection, AI can strengthen security and provide users with peace of mind, which is often lacking in areas where financial fraud is common.—
Abhishek Gandotra,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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By building predictive maps using machine learning and collaborating with a global network of scientists, SPUN is looking for hotspots of mycorrhizal activity and identifying gaps in current conservation efforts.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Women are thought of as contaminants in the heya and arm candy outside it; the sponsors exert a baleful commercial pressure on the fighters.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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The effect is to rub our faces in the self-destructive horror of the heroine’s impulses and to shift that baleful sense of the erotic’s dark power from a disturbing subtext to a more sensationalized foreground.—
Jim Shepard,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Oracular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oracular. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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