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oracle
noun as in prophecy
Example Sentences
It might be why the public sometimes looks upon forensic pathologists as oracles, believing them capable of reconstructing ironclad, Clue-like scenarios.
After a decentralized cross-chain oracle called a "guardian" certifies that the coins have been properly locked on one chain, the bridge mints or releases tokens of the same value on the other chain.
For that matter most of us would plug our ears if an oracle promised to tell us the day we will die.
This neurobiological oracle, not deterministic but rather probabilistic, warns about potential dangers and opportunities, providing guidance on decisions to be made.
Vents built into the stone structure, in addition to providing fresh air, may have given the oracle at Chavín a highly engineered voice “worthy of the Wizard of Oz” when the shell trumpets were played inside them.
Her very first sculpture, a metallic chrome unicorn aptly titled “Space Oracle,” sits on a pedestal directly in front.
And, anyway, what would it take to be a Samuel Gompers at Microsoft, Facebook, Oracle, Amazon, or Google?
A Brit by birth, the eight-armed oracle was born in Weymouth, England, in 2008 at the Sea Life Centre.
Just this week, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said Apple was adrift without Steve Jobs.
The move will take place on July 15 as software giant Oracle leaves for the New York Stock Exchange.
The latter is a square-faced practical man, who is looked up to as a species of oracle by all his friends.
The League Oracle admits that "a repeal would injure the farmer, but not so much as he fears."
An oracle said that he would not succeed in its erection before a man voluntarily offered himself as a sacrifice.
There were in Greece two young rakes, who were told by the oracle to beware of the melampygos or sable posteriors.
It is plain that there are more ways than one of explaining such an oracle.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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