auguries

plural of augury
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as in divinations
the art or practice of foretelling future events by interpreting omens the gift of augury that Nostradamus purportedly possessed

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Noun
  • In addition, residents can check wave height predictions by viewing the NWS Great Lakes Portal, which updates wave heights, wind gusts and air temperature forecasts.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Rather than preparing markets for a manageable transition, the president has chosen to use apocalyptic warnings as a judicial pressure campaign—ensuring that when the bill comes due, the economic shock will be amplified by his own dire predictions.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the final novel of the series, The Last Battle, the destruction of trees and dryads in Lantern Waste, a place tied to the creation of Narnia itself, is one of many portentous omens signalling the end of the world.
    Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But at least some of that conflict comes from false assumptions, and some of it comes from turning their preconceptions into self-fulfilling prophecies.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Scientific experiments can become self-fulfilling prophecies.
    Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As portents go, after a testing summer for Newcastle, this did not look altogether positive.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Other auspicious portents are appearing, Worden says, that signal initial Mars colonies could begin spreading out, beneath crystalline hemispheric domes, across the 2030s.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • While Levine Cava said her administration closed a $402 million gap at the start of the budget process, forecasts show future shortfalls peaking at $250 million in 2030.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The hurricane center uses only the top four or five highest-performing models to help make its forecasts.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The video was picked apart by people looking for some hints as to the shooter’s motivation or politics.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Swifties also took note of a few extremely subtle hints Swift made during her appearance on Travis and Jason Kelce’s New Heights podcast, indicating a Super Bowl performance could be in her future.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, several team sources confirmed that the bulk of the Sky’s internal communication has been focused on her criticism of teammates and suggestions of a lack of overall talent on the roster.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The group goes through suggestions for the coming year.
    Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Pic heralds from Old Henry director Potsy Ponciroli.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Thy Kingdom Come’s entrance heralds 10 total appearances for the album’s tracks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
    Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2025
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