Thesaurus / portend
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More than mRNA vaccines themselves, these lipid nanoparticles may portend big changes in pharmaceutical development.
THE FIRST COVID-19 VACCINES HAVE CHANGED BIOTECH FOREVERKATHERINE ELLEN FOLEYDECEMBER 22, 2020QUARTZSkeptics argue the cryptocurrency’s famed volatility portends a repeat of what happened three years ago, when a bubble burst spectacularly.
BITCOIN BOMBS LOWER, TAKING OTHER DIGITAL COINS WITH ITBERNHARD WARNERNOVEMBER 26, 2020FORTUNEIncluding one Wall Street indicator that could portend bad things to come for growth investors.
THIS STOCK MARKET METRIC HAS NEVER BEEN FURTHER OUT OF WHACKANNE SRADERSSEPTEMBER 20, 2020FORTUNEIn June, Disney announced that it was combining its own and Hulu’s ad tech teams into one organization, which likely portends a consolidation of the ad technology the two teams use.
‘NO WAY TO PROPERLY MANAGE FREQUENCY ON TWO AD SERVERS’: THE AD TECH HITCH IN DISNEY’S AND VIACOMCBS’S STREAMING UPFRONT PITCHESTIM PETERSONAUGUST 27, 2020DIGIDAYHow value’s steep descent and growth’s ongoing explosion portend a stunning reversal of fortunes is the subject of an excellent new article, “Value in Recessions and Recoveries,” by Kalesnik and coauthor Ari Polychronopoulos.
THE CHAMP’S BIG COMEBACK: WHY BEATEN-DOWN VALUE STOCKS ARE POISED TO THRIVESHAWN TULLYAUGUST 18, 2020FORTUNEA lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed.
THE 'CHARACTERS' OF JEAN DE LA BRUYREJEAN DE LA BRUYREHe had acted as Ruth had bidden him; but he had no wish to be further involved in this affair, whatever it might portend.
MISTRESS WILDINGRAFAEL SABATINIShe went on, wondering what this could portend, for since their chance meeting, she had not laid eyes on her neighbor.
THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSONIf clouds breed high in the air, with white trains like locks of wool, they portend wind, probably rain.
THE TEESDALE ANGLERR LAKELANDWhat this obscure threat might portend, I could not see, but it chimed in with the delirious cruelty of the dead sergeant.
THE YEOMAN ADVENTURERGEORGE W. GOUGHWORDS RELATED TO PORTEND
- approach
- await
- be at hand
- be coming
- be forthcoming
- be imminent
- be in the cards
- be in the wind
- be near
- become visible
- break through
- brew
- bulk
- come forth
- come into view
- come on
- come on the scene
- dawn
- dominate
- emanate
- emerge
- figure
- gather
- hang over
- hover
- impend
- impress
- issue
- lower
- make up
- menace
- mount
- near
- overhang
- overshadow
- overtop
- portend
- rear
- rise
- seem huge
- seem large
- show
- soar
- stand out
- take shape
- threaten
- top
- tower
- approached
- awaited
- be came
- became visible
- brewed
- broke through
- bulked
- came forth
- came into view
- came on
- came on the scene
- dawned
- dominated
- emanated
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- figured
- gathered
- hovered
- hung over
- impended
- impressed
- issued
- lowered
- made up
- menaced
- mounted
- neared
- overhung
- overshadowed
- overtoped
- portended
- reared
- rose
- seemed huge
- seemed large
- showed
- soared
- stood out
- threatened
- took shape
- topped
- towered
- was at hand
- was forthcoming
- was imminent
- was in the cards
- was in the wind
- was near
- add up
- adumbrate
- allude
- allude to
- argue
- attest
- augur
- betoken
- connote
- denote
- designate
- determine
- drive at
- express
- foreshadow
- foretell
- herald
- hint at
- imply
- import
- indicate
- intimate
- involve
- name
- point to
- portend
- presage
- promise
- purport
- represent
- say
- speak of
- spell
- stand for
- suggest
- symbolize
- tell the meaning of
- touch on
- adumbrate
- anticipate
- augur
- be afraid
- call
- call it
- conclude
- conjecture
- croak
- crystal-ball
- crystal-ball divine
- envision
- figure
- figure out
- forebode
- forecast
- foresee
- forespeak
- foretell
- gather
- guess
- have a hunch
- hazard a guess
- infer
- judge
- make book
- omen
- portend
- presage
- presume
- prognosticate
- prophesy
- psych out
- read
- see coming
- see handwriting on wall
- size up
- soothsay
- suppose
- surmise
- telegraph
- think
- vaticinate
- adumbrates
- anticipates
- augurs
- calls
- calls it
- concludes
- conjectures
- croaks
- crystal-ball divine
- envisions
- figures
- figures out
- forebodes
- forecasts
- foresees
- forespeaks
- foretells
- gathers
- guesses
- has a hunch
- hazards a guess
- infers
- is afraid
- judges
- makes book
- omens
- portends
- presages
- presumes
- prognosticates
- prophesies
- psyches out
- reads
- sees comes
- sees handwriting on wall
- size up
- soothsays
- supposes
- surmises
- telegraphs
- thinks
- vaticinates
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