augurs 1 of 2

plural of augur

augurs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of augur

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of augurs
Verb
Vegas has struggled on offense but rookie RB Ashton Jeanty’s breakout game last week augurs well. Greg Cote october 2, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for augurs
Verb
  • For the new location, Veliu promises Italian cocktails and music.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The technique promises substantial environmental and economic benefits compared with traditional recycling methods.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Whether the virtual particles are really there or not, the math predicts exactly what researchers observe in the real world.
    Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Tom Lee, head of research at Fundstrat, predicts that the S&P 500 could reach 7,000 by year-end.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The prophets of biblical Israel demand justice and care for the stranger, widow, and orphan.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That bodes well for Weston Wilson and Otto Kemp, unless the Phillies opt to carry third catcher Garrett Stubbs as a potential pinch runner.
    Matt Gelb, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Intel chips here (Arrow Lake-H, Lunar Lake), the Apple M4, and the AMD Ryzen AI 375 were well behind the X2 Elite Extreme reference laptop, which also bodes well for the Qualcomm offering, but bear in mind a few possible caveats.
    Wendy Sheehan Donnell, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Typically during government shutdowns, most forecasters and technicians at the NWS are exempted from being furloughed — or put on unpaid leave — and that is expected to be the case should this one occur, the official stated.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The depression is forecast to become a tropical storm in the Bahamas this weekend, National Hurricane Center forecasters said.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Augurs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augurs. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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