harbinger
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Jefferies equities trading analyst Jeffrey Favuzza said he believed investors were focused on whether IBM’s preliminary results are “a harbinger of what we are braced for” with ServiceNow’s and SAP’s results set for next week.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Jefferies equities trading analyst Jeffrey Favuzza said he believed investors were focused on whether IBM’s preliminary results are “a harbinger of what we are braced for” with ServiceNow’s and SAP’s results set for next week.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
"It's potentially significant. We don't know if it was a one-time event or a harbinger of broader things," Sacks said.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
In Alphabet’s telling, its capital expenditures will “significantly increase” in 2027, which may be a harbinger for others in the sector.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
And then in the lightning bolt to the head kind of way, it occurs to me that Zephyr Ravens is not a harbinger of anything at all.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
Here, the harbingers of the new golden age of the old-school American tavern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Scorsese attributed the early days of Beatlemania as harbingers of an artistic change that not only impacted the 1960s, but that can be felt in the popular culture of the present day.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
Washcloths are particularly controversial: “People get really riled up, like, ‘Washcloths are harbingers of bacteria,’ and ‘If you don’t use a washcloth, you’re dirty.’
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2024
Or harbingers, at the very least, of intense annoyance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024
There were two crocuses in the snow, sure harbingers of spring.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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