presage
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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
Worn for a couple of weeks, the Zio monitor looks for irregular heart rhythms, such as atrial fibrillation—a racing heartbeat that can presage a stroke or heart attack.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
Their book is the first such comprehensive study of HTS and is likely to presage much further research and examination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
The bust would presage the dissolution of Wings; McCartney would release a solo album, “McCartney II,” in May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
She did not answer, but as he looked at her it seemed to him that something in her softened, as though a bitter frost were yielding at the first faint presage of Spring.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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The top honor at the newly rebranded Actor Awards recognizes the ensemble cast of a film -- a decision that sometimes, but not always, presages Oscars best picture glory.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
The rapidly growing rail system is a symbol of India’s modernization, and Charu’s bookish father, a workshop manager, believes in the progress it presages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
It is intense, precise and gorgeously written, and I hope it presages another volume.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
But he takes umbrage at the notion that 2023 presages a “new normal.”
From National Geographic ● Sep. 8, 2023
As I passed down an obscure street, I felt spread through all my palms that tingling of the nerves that presages a great leap.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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But the aborted diplomatic launch capped an already tumultuous two days that presaged the meeting’s collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
It also accurately presaged a big post-IPO runup in shares of Cerebras once they finally went public in the U.S, according to Coltman.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
And again, EPS beats heralded outperformance of 3% in the first year of a new activist-led CEO regime, while EPS misses presaged a lag of 10%.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
He didn’t stay, but his arrival presaged their comeback, with 50 to 75 roaming the state today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
Shreve cried, though Quentin had not spoken: it had been merely some quality, some gathering of Quentin’s still laxed and hunched figure which presaged speech, because Shreve said Wait.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
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Trevor Milton, founder of the electric truck manufacturer Nikola, was convicted of misleading investors in 2022, presaging Nikola’s bankruptcy last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
The apocalyptic imagination, he argued, imposes on history “neat, naïve patterns” presaging a turning point in the grand scheme of humanity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
Scores were exposed to the virus, presaging potential catastrophe in Africa’s most populous nation.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2025
But his comments suggested the fighting had taken another ominous turn for Kyiv’s forces, potentially presaging their withdrawal from a town reduced to ruins by months of horrendous bombardment.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Now the precise outlines of her skull show through the skin of her face, presaging death.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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