oracle

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Barron's

An oracle is a person, usually possessing long-earned wisdom, that can share reliable information about the future.

From Barron's

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

From BBC

Writer and performer Sandra Tsing Loh had the honors Sunday, and she gamely followed the script’s instructions as though presiding over an evening of charades that an oracle had dreamed up in advance.

From Los Angeles Times