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oracle

[awr-uh-kuhl, or-] / ˈɔr ə kəl, ˈɒr- /


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Yet if Flanner was no oracle, she was also no fascist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Such questions call for an oracle, a big thinker, a visionary.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

It doesn’t take an oracle to see there just might be an opportunity in Oracle.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

Days later, the Dalai Lama fled the palace, a decision he said was based on divine orders from his personal oracle.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

Delphi under towering Parnassus, where Apollo’s oracle was, plays an important part in mythology.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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