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Recent Examples of augur
Noun
Designed by Pininfarina, the 275 GTB is widely considered one of the prettiest cars Ferrari ever produced, and an augur of what was to come from Ferrari beyond racing: road-going cars that kept redefining how sports cars should look. Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024 Traditionally, companies cut temporary workers before laying off their own permanent staffers, so the sharp drop-off augurs poorly for future job growth, Nicaj says. Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
Verb
Could this augur a more confrontational tone for Fox News? Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025 The potential return of American Dad! to Fox also augurs well for 20th TV Animation’s other long-running Fox shows — Bob’s Burgers, MacFarlane’s Family Guy and The Simpsons — which are coming to the end of two-season orders at the network. Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for augur
Recent Examples of Synonyms for augur
Noun
  • That spells trouble in the Indo-Pacific, a watery region where military leaders and Beltway diviners believe a war over Taiwan could erupt as soon as 2027.
    Colin Demarest, Axios, 8 Mar. 2025
  • That spells trouble in the Indo-Pacific, a watery region where military leaders and Beltway diviners believe a war over Taiwan could erupt as soon as 2027.
    Colin Demarest, Axios, 8 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Of course, no lead is secure in the golf world, so Sunday promises to be full of intrigue and excitement at Quail Hollow.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
  • Unfortunately, Swift never promised to be part of the prize.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • Ultimately, the company’s ambition is to build a computational model that captures the behaviours of every molecule inside a living cell and to predict how each of these molecules will change with health, disease or exposure to drugs.
    David Prosser, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Scientists predict that within the next 15 years this ice cap will disappear in summer for the first time in millennia, accelerating global warming.
    Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • His tenure was short-lived, however: within a year, he was declared a sinner and imprisoned by another Acholi prophet: Joseph Kony.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
  • He is considered a prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in the Exodus.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Too on-the-nose to be foreboding, such clips offer a window into Linda’s mindset, as do antagonistic sessions with her therapist (and co-worker), amusingly played by Conan O’Brien with a look of constant gastric discomfort on his face that suggests her concerns may be giving him ulcers.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Augur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augur. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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