portend

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This does not portend an all-around divestment from America.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

While a four-year degree now often demonstrates merely acceptable attendance, a certification demonstrates skills, acumen and judgment that portend value in the workplace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

His insistence that no one is safe until everyone is safe, can seem to portend a future in which no one will ever be safe, though as a teacher I assume he’s more sanguine.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

In commentary shared with MarketWatch on Monday, the SentimenTrader team showed that the ICE BofAML Move Index falling below 60.1 late last week could portend more gains for stocks up to one year out.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025

The finest astronomers and astrologers—Thomas Digges in England, Francesco Maurolico in Italy, Tadeàš Hàjek in Prague—racked their brains in an attempt to work out what this might portend and hastened to publish their conflicting conclusions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton