rainmaker
noun
(among American Indians) a medicine man who by various rituals and incantations seeks to cause rain.
rainmaking
-
a word derived from
rainmaker.
Example Sentences
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Doricko’s goal is to use vastly expanded data collection and a fleet of drones piloted from the ground to make rainmaking more efficient, measurable and dependable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
They know that there is the possibility that other law firms will try to steal their clients, steal their rainmaking partners while that litigation is going on.
From Slate ● May 27, 2025
With a recent experiment providing the first unambiguous evidence that cloud seeding can increase snowpack levels, research into artificial rainmaking is undergoing a small renaissance.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
Trying to control the weather is nothing new: People once performed rainmaking dances and offered sacrifices in the hopes that the gods would end droughts.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2020
Here they would go before a panel of judges who could ask them questions about their rainmaking proposals.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
