presage

Example Sentences

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Conversely, a lagging transportation average might presage a decline in the overall market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

If Rosenberg is right and “odds of some policy action or communication to stabilize the yen are rising,” then this could presage a major trading reversal.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025

The divergence does, however, presage what may happen when the military awards its contracts.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

They worry that its spread in cattle, which it has never before been known to infect, could presage a jump to people.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2024

All is vastness; the clouds are piled up like giant rocks, and there is a “brool” over the sea that sounds like some presage of doom.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker