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Recent Examples of wisewoman
Not everyone can labor in a cabin with the wisewoman of their choosing.
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Jennifer Block, Longreads, 10 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wisewoman
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Sherman has been the sibyl of such proliferating confusions, toying with representation’s integrity and the boundaries of identity for more than four decades.—
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It was deemed a line straight to God — staggering, the voice of an enchantress, a sibyl, a siren.—
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Positioning Robin as an unheeded prophetess and an eventual participant in Ethan’s undoing is a smart way to explore the sexism of the media world at the time.—
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The words belong to Cassandra, the Trojan prophetess doomed to be disbelieved.—
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Agnes is both a seer and healer, preparing natural remedies for the townsfolk to help with ailments and sickness.—
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The book spans more than six decades and charts the rise of Malone, 84, from an engineering background to his current status as billionaire and media industry seer.—
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But the prevalence of the debate proves the manga’s tight grip on the popular imagination – amplified by both soothsayers across Asia and social media – especially in seismically active Japan, where the constant threat of an earthquake or tsunami looms large in the popular imagination.—
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Online soothsayers like Jon Prosser and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman have long predicted the content of upcoming Apple announcements, citing anonymous sources from within the company to glean glimpses of what’s next.—
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While often presented as the act of using beauty practices to manifest your desires, diviner and spiritual wellness teacher Tatianna Tarot would caution against getting too attached to semantics.—
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That spells trouble in the Indo-Pacific, a watery region where military leaders and Beltway diviners believe a war over Taiwan could erupt as soon as 2027.—
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When the fortune teller’s predictions start to materialize, once cynical Gemma is ready to take a leap of faith.—
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Nearly a third of U.S. adults consult astrology, tarot cards or fortune tellers at least once a year, though the portion of Americans who believe in astrology doesn't appear to have changed much in recent years, according to research from the Pew Research Center.—
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Apparently, the little man was an oracle, foretelling deaths with certainty.—
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Apparently, it was first proposed by TikTok oracle joebro909, who hilariously joked about a meme reset during a comedy skit on the short life cycle of memes.—
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“Wisewoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wisewoman. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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