as in to promise
to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome
her natural gift for reading boded well for her future in school
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Recent Examples of bode
The report bodes well for consumers across the country worried about the effect of gas prices on their wallets.
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Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 17 Sep. 2025
When the people at the age and in the places that are supposed to be the most open to different ways of thinking are increasingly brittle and intolerant, the implications for the larger society bode ill.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
This week, the Panthers play an Arizona Cardinals team that has invested heavily in its defense, and that doesn’t necessarily bode well for Young, although his matchup with Arizona did represent one of the bright spots of his 2024 campaign.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
However, more than a year later, people still face high uncertainty about the economy and a stubbornly persistent birth rate that doesn’t bode well for the future.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
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Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 17 Sep. 2025
When the people at the age and in the places that are supposed to be the most open to different ways of thinking are increasingly brittle and intolerant, the implications for the larger society bode ill.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
This week, the Panthers play an Arizona Cardinals team that has invested heavily in its defense, and that doesn’t necessarily bode well for Young, although his matchup with Arizona did represent one of the bright spots of his 2024 campaign.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
However, more than a year later, people still face high uncertainty about the economy and a stubbornly persistent birth rate that doesn’t bode well for the future.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bode
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Over the weekend, his foxy friend Pete Hegseth announced a new policy that requires journalists with Pentagon press credentials to sign a pledge promising not to report information that hasn't been explicitly authorized for release, that includes unclassified information.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Still, there were promising signs below the surface and team-wide trends that explain that downtick.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Despite the seemingly sweet resolution to their storyline (and an ostensibly upbeat last line of dialogue), there’s a strange undercurrent to the Nagisa and Natsuo segment that suggests foreboding as much as potential happiness — a mysterious tension befitting the creator that Miyake is adapting.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
17 Aug. 2025
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With the third season of The White Lotus well underway—and its signature sense of foreboding steadily mounting—cast member Michelle Monaghan was in anything but ominous spirits last night at The Mark Hotel.—
Laura Neilson,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Bode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bode. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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