writing on the wall
Example Sentences
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“The writing on the wall suggests that, exactly as we feared years ago, this was not the way to go.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Truist analyst Youssef Squali sees the writing on the wall, from how fast agentic is growing.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
Everyone young, entrepreneurial and educated saw the writing on the wall.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
“The writing on the wall has been there for months.”
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024
West Virginia’s Governor Homer Holt saw the writing on the wall: the choice was to integrate or, like its neighbor to the east, dig in and contest the ruling.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
