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Recent Examples of augur
Noun
No reliable augurs of a coming bear market are in evidence: S & P up 10 of 11 months, making a new high in September, credit spreads resolutely narrow, all point to an upside bias over a span of months, at least. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024 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
Verb
In an era of shifting television viewing habits, what does that augur for SNL? Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2025 That test includes considering: The degree and likelihood of harm to the school caused or augured by the speech. Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 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
  • The diviner then asks a question in a yes-or-no format while tapping the enclosure to encourage the spider or crab to emerge.
    Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Potential adversaries interpret political action in zero-sum terms; see malice and evil design in mere blunders and coincidence; trumpet necessity rather than navigate choice; and, in extreme cases, invent pretext or promise profit to make more palatable a dubious cause.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Struggling with a lack of career opportunities, Gen Z is second-guessing the worth of pricey college degrees, which once promised them six-figure jobs.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Those who predicted a doomed future for all of humanity called us addicts and criminals, leeches and slime (and way worse things) because we were detested, shouted at, dragged by our arms across bedrooms and public sporting events.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Despite what the students view as anti-conservative bias, one predicted a conservative uprising, citing the assassination of Charlie Kirk as fuel for more right-leaning college students to speak out.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Just four years after graduating, Aschenbrenner is holding private discussions with tech CEOs, investors, and policymakers who treat him as a kind of prophet of the AI age.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • He was named one of the church's top governing bodies in 1984, and became its leader and prophet in 2018, at the age of 93.
    Richard Hall, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That doesn’t bode well for Tagovailoa, especially with backup tight ends Greg Dulcich and Tanner Conner in line for more snaps due to Darren Waller’s pectoral injury.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Martha Stewart Signature Comfort Stretch Boxy Modern Top The knit layer is made from a slightly stretchy material that is comfortable enough to wear while relaxing at home, but the boxy design adds structure that bodes well for brunch plans or running errands.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Political forecasters give the GOP a better shot in New Jersey, where their nominee, former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, is nipping away at Sherrill's lead in the polls.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
  • That's pretty much exactly what forecasters are predicting for 2025.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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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“Augur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augur. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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