portended
Example Sentences
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The public debut of SpaceX—officially Space Exploration Technologies — portended different things to different investors but was significant for all.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
The staginess that sinks many of his other pictures portended a digital age where all images would trend toward idealized, Photoshopped perfection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
They have generated revenues to the filmmakers and to us that’s way beyond what the box office would have portended when it opened.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
When either, or both, of these signals have triggered five times or more combined within the span of five trading sessions, it has often portended trouble ahead, the SentimenTrader report said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025
Few heeded the sign, and not even Bilbo yet had any notion of what it portended.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
