presage

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Conversely, a lagging transportation average might presage a decline in the overall market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

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

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

The divergence does, however, presage what may happen when the military awards its contracts.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 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