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clairvoyant

[klair-voi-uhnt] / klɛərˈvɔɪ ənt /




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Earlier this year, podcaster Tim Ferriss called Aschenbrenner “the Nostradamus of AI,” telling listeners that his viral paper was “as close to clairvoyant as you could possibly be.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

A clairvoyant and an Independent on Kent County Council, Randall was elected as a Reform UK councillor in Thanet before leaving the party last year for reasons that are not clear.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Being seen as an AI clairvoyant can be very lucrative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

It all started with a cup of coffee … and a blindfolded clairvoyant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025

Aisha stopped twisting and stared at her in the mirror, a dead stare, and Ifemelu feared, for a moment, that the woman had clairvoyant powers and could tell she was lying.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Few of these bets paid off, so the oddsmakers were seen less as clairvoyants than reliable indicators of who wouldn’t be accepting a medal in Stockholm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

But in tumultuous Myanmar, even clairvoyants urge caution.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

“Beyond Black,” a realistically toned novel, was set in a world of psychics and clairvoyants.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2022

Fairley offered to hold a dinner for Barker and a collection of astrologers, clairvoyants, and card readers, if he could write it up for the newspaper.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 25, 2019

Newspapers asked fortune-tellers, or clairvoyants, where the painting was.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day


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