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

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

They worry that its spread in cattle, which it has never before been known to infect, could presage a jump to people.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2024

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