as in diviner
one who predicts future events or developments
ancient Roman augurs who predicted the future by reading the flight of birds
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as in to promise
to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome
the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school
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as in to predict
to tell of or describe beforehand
the fortune-teller augured nothing but a series of calamities for me
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Recent Examples of augur
Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
The closest Hunter has to a forerunner may be turn-of-the-millennium Robert Downey, Jr.: a painfully public avatar of squandered privilege, a darkly hilarious rogue casting off sparks of pathos and augurs of doom, America’s favorite dirtbag.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
Harsh V. Pant, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2024
The opening moments didn’t seem to augur the intense back-and-forth of the actual debate.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
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Noun
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
The closest Hunter has to a forerunner may be turn-of-the-millennium Robert Downey, Jr.: a painfully public avatar of squandered privilege, a darkly hilarious rogue casting off sparks of pathos and augurs of doom, America’s favorite dirtbag.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
Verb
Its early success contrasted with the chaos and high death tolls elsewhere and seemed to augur China’s coming of age as a major power.
—Harsh V. Pant, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2024
The opening moments didn’t seem to augur the intense back-and-forth of the actual debate.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for augur
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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
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There is, however, one more surprise: Most of the text on Lintel 25 is written backward and was probably designed to be viewed with a mirror by ancient Maya conjurers, diviners or oracles.James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
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Princess promises more information on special guests and onboard events leading up to the December cruise.Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Trump has also promised to grant clemency to rioters who showed up at the Capitol on Jan. 6 four years ago.Tara Suter, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
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Zillow predicts home prices in the top five hottest markets will grow between 2.6 percent and 4.2 percent in 2025.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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In a Gallup Poll taken Dec. 4 to 15, Americans were asked to predict trends for 2025.Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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The film portrays Dylan as a prophet bringing independence and idiosyncrasy to a world of rule-enforcers and followers.Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2024
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The star is said to have risen in the east and guided travelers and prophets to the south, Throop said, adding that these ancient accounts make planetary sense.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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Despite the difficulty, in some cases the stakes are so high—as with North Korea and its nuclear weapons—that armies will have no choice but to take the fight to what is often a vast, foreboding underworld.Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2023
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There are foreboding close-ups on clock faces and their fast-changing digits.Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 June 2023
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“Augur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augur. Accessed 13 Jan. 2025.
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