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oracles

British  
/ ˈɒrəkəlz /

plural noun

  1. another term for Scripture

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In the age of oracles, learning to answer that question may be the most important thing any of us can do.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

It just seems as though through habit, habituation, comfort-sleepwalking, or myopia, we are so narrowly focused on this small tranche of cases and still treat the justices as oracles.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2024

And recognize that oracles can have questions, too.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2022

The Greeks thus offered sacrifices to keep the gods appeased, and sought out oracles for hints of what the future held, but did not normally pursue a deeply spiritual connection with their deities.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

And though it's clear to anyone with an ounce of logic that they are a pack of charlatans, they're lionized throughout the Empire not just as immortal, but as oracles and mind-readers.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

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