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as in prediction
a declaration that something will happen in the future
a yearbook augury that of all the graduates, he would be the most likely to succeed
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as in omen
something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event
some people believe that a broken mirror is an augury of seven years' bad luck
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as in divination
the art or practice of foretelling future events by interpreting omens
the gift of augury that Nostradamus purportedly possessed
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Recent Examples of augury
Advertisement Remarkably, Kushner’s augury of a world coming apart holds true three decades later, including his prognostications about the dangers of climate change and the radical partisanship of the judiciary.
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Peter Marks, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2023
With this new investor, the augury for the cigar industry is good.
—Nicholas Foulkes, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2023
Within its air of metropolitan disdain lurked an augury of England’s post-Brexit identity crisis, in which the country appears permanently torn between the deflating liberal dreams still harbored in the cities and the backlash fermenting in the provinces left behind.
—Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021
Her first food was fish skin, blackened and reeking of the sea—augury foreshadowing her fearlessness, her love of swimming, her appetites.
—Aria Beth Sloss, Bon Appétit, 22 Mar. 2022
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Peter Marks, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2023
With this new investor, the augury for the cigar industry is good.
—Nicholas Foulkes, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2023
Within its air of metropolitan disdain lurked an augury of England’s post-Brexit identity crisis, in which the country appears permanently torn between the deflating liberal dreams still harbored in the cities and the backlash fermenting in the provinces left behind.
—Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021
Her first food was fish skin, blackened and reeking of the sea—augury foreshadowing her fearlessness, her love of swimming, her appetites.
—Aria Beth Sloss, Bon Appétit, 22 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for augury
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This prediction almost proved disastrously far from the truth.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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The inflation predictions follow actual inflation closely, but the blue line (predicted inflation) is known three months before the red line (actual inflation) is determined, which may serve as a useful warning of major inflation shifts.—
William Dunkelberg,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Embedded with other Prodigy troops — who first examine some Maginot crew corpses and then leap between busted stairwells to get clear from the ship’s wreckage — the medic seems to be living through one of those restless, unsettling dreams where nothing quite matches up and dark omens predominate.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
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There are plenty of good omens for Bayern despite the immense quality of their opponents.—
Darren Richman,
New York Times,
5 July 2025
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Indeed, Absolutely was a project of divination, of spiritual conjuring.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
18 Aug. 2025
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They’re thought to be a divination guide that offers rare insights into ancient Chinese philosophy and religion.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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German missile designers launched their V2 rocket for the first time—the forerunner of the ICBM that would blitz the United Kingdom—and Berlin’s Luftwaffe dominated European skies.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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His band may be forerunners in this respect, but Allen recognizes that the attention is paying off for all of his Alabama contemporaries.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
28 June 2025
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But hope springs eternal, and the quarterback’s preseason performance against the Bills (completing 6-of-10 passes for 107 yards and a touchdown) has spurred some sunny forecasts in the Windy City.—
Jake Ciely,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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The fall forecast did note that the Southwest may see some flash flooding before the end of monsoon season.—
Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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This would turn out to be a portent of what was to come.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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The rise in the PCE inflation rate yesterday, to 2.8% over the past year (excluding food and energy), is a portent of price increases to come.—
Harry Holzer,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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To pull, to call back your citizenry identity, a patchwork, a prophecy.—
Anne Waldman
August 14,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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This story, which took a decade to bring to the small screen, begins with a prophecy.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
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The key question investors and the Fed are trying to answer is whether this slight slackening presages a far worse outlook, even a recession, or whether reports of rising uncertainty merely reflect people’s feelings, not economic reality.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
18 June 2025
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The result is chaos, bewilderment and delay that presages rising consumer prices.—
Peter S. Goodman,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Augury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augury. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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