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
Charles Curkin, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The ancient Romans consulted augurs, who discerned the future by studying the behavior of birds.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 26 Oct. 2024
Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
But Bondi’s departure does not augur a better world to come.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
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Noun
This absurd, forceful flare of ego was a bad augur.
—Charles Curkin, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The ancient Romans consulted augurs, who discerned the future by studying the behavior of birds.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 26 Oct. 2024
Verb
But some parishioners remain optimistic that this period of intense hardship finally augurs the end of the regime.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
But Bondi’s departure does not augur a better world to come.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for augur
Noun
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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
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Questions like these have been asked of diviners around the world throughout history—and still are today.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
Verb
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For the first time in World Cup history, a host nation is at war with one of its participants, though an agreement to halt the conflict suddenly looks promising.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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The funding will also allow the company to manufacture doses of its vaccine in parallel so that larger phase 2/3 trials can begin quickly if phase 1 data are promising.—
Paul Adepoju,
Scientific American,
14 June 2026
Verb
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Dane Brugler of The Athletic predicted on December.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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The result is that the team's calculation predicts that time on Mars runs 477 microseconds per day faster, with a fluctuation of 266 microseconds that needs to be accounted for at any point in the year.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The most savvy prophet of this new reality may be Markiplier himself.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
31 May 2026
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The siblings had been brainwashed, abused and groomed while growing up in a cult led by Bernie Hoffman, an apocalyptic preacher and false prophet known to the world as Tony Alamo.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
Verb
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However, the unselfish captain has led MLS in assists so far, which may still bode well for South Korea.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
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As a player who wasn’t the draft pick of new Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan and coach Jeff Hafley, that could bode well for him under the team’s new regime.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
9 June 2026
Noun
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AccuWeather forecasters expect the latest surge of cold air to move from the Midwest on Sunday toward the East Coast by Monday.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
7 Dec. 2025
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Sleds, scrapers and salt are already well-used throughout metro Detroit and most of Michigan as forecasters predict more snow and chilly weather in the immediate future.—
Dave Boucher,
Freep.com,
7 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Nile is skeletal like Jared Kushner; his thinness is foreboding, marking a disavowal of all that is sensual.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
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The windowless hallways are narrow in the federal building that houses this immigration court, and the agents’ stocky bodies are foreboding in the tight corridors.—
Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN Money,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Augur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augur. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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