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auspex

[aw-speks] / ˈɔ spɛks /


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Is Teucer called auspex, as taking the auspices, like an augur, or as giving the auspices, like a god?

From The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace by John Conington

DHS consolidated a whole bunch of agencies under its auspices, from the Coast Guard to Federal Emergency Management Agency, but its most consequential new department was the U.S.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

The memo also says that Iran's enriched uranium will be "down-blended" – meaning diluted – on site, under the auspices of the IAEA, the UN's nuclear watchdog.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the atmosphere was "positive" on Wednesday during the country's first direct talks with Lebanon in decades under the auspices of a year-old ceasefire monitoring mechanism.

From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025

Though cagey on peace with Israel, Mr. Sharaa is negotiating a security agreement with the Jewish state under Mr. Trump’s auspices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025

Although I would never move there under the government’s auspices, I dreamed of one day returning to a free Transkei.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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