oracle

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

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

But they also lead new professors to become glued to that position in the room, reifying the power imbalance that already exists: professor as oracle, center-front at the microphone.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2024

He broke in upon her words to tell her what filled his mind so that nothing else could reach it: the terrible words of the oracle of Apollo.

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