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.
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Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
26 Oct. 2024
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
But some parishioners remain optimistic that this period of intense hardship finally augurs the end of the regime.
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Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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Noun
This absurd, forceful flare of ego was a bad augur.
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Charles Curkin,
New York Times,
24 Nov. 2024
The ancient Romans consulted augurs, who discerned the future by studying the behavior of birds.
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Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
26 Oct. 2024
Verb
And if faith is evaporating at Anfield, of all places, then that does not augur well.
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Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
But some parishioners remain optimistic that this period of intense hardship finally augurs the end of the regime.
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Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for augur
Noun
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Ora Cogan makes songs the way diviners cast charms.
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While often presented as the act of using beauty practices to manifest your desires, diviner and spiritual wellness teacher Tatianna Tarot would caution against getting too attached to semantics.
Verb
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At a moment when technology companies were promising to bring people closer together, David Fincher’s acerbic drama about the founding of Facebook had a darker theory about why people wanted to connect in the first place.
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Someone may need clarification around timing, support, or what was actually promised.
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Analyst Jack Lu and his team at the bank predict sodium-ion batteries will account for 20% of total battery deployment market share by 2030 and 37% in 2035.
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In some cases, like in Elk River, local utility companies are predicting positive impacts on utility rates thanks to data centers paying larger bills for services.
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He has been accused by other Christian groups as a false prophet or a cult leader.
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Seven Mountains has brought the language of spiritual warfare and demon-fighting into the mainstream of evangelicalism, through a network of pastors who view themselves as prophets and apostles engaged in a battle against evil secular forces.
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This did not bode well with the Love Island USA fanbase and Miller and Pessoa took to social media to defend their stance.
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That bodes extremely well for plane spotting out in broad daylight this summer.
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But the Pelican State is rated as a solid GOP seat by most political forecasters in the fall.
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The warnings extended into Saturday, with forecasters predicting winds of 25 to 35 miles an hour and very low humidity levels.
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There was no obvious precipitating event, but the encroachment of Grok seemed foreboding.
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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.
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“Augur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augur. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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