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betoken

[bih-toh-kuhn] / bɪˈtoʊ kən /


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And though releasing a series in the last week of the year doesn’t exactly betoken confidence, I can predict with some confidence that there might be one.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

But it doesn’t betoken a path to profitability, in part because the improvement reflected an intensified squeeze on drivers.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2019

Cityscapes materialize on backdrops in ways that betoken both the dreamlike landscapes of Monet as well as the Tinseltown innovation of film colorization.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2017

"They don't start anything, and probably didn't determine much — but betoken a widespread disgust in the air."

From US News • Sep. 30, 2016

Up the Columbia the great gorge through which we have passed stands open to view, while down-river the sinuous and hazy lines of low-lying shore betoken the nearer proximity of the ocean.

From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison