as in to promise
to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome
her natural gift for reading boded well for her future in school
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Recent Examples of bode
That doesn’t bode well for McDaniel.
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Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
That bodes well for their availability Sunday against the Dolphins in Miami.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Hiring here usually bodes well for housing.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
And if the labor market is showing signs of a cold, that doesn’t bode well for the overall health of the economy.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
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Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
That bodes well for their availability Sunday against the Dolphins in Miami.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Hiring here usually bodes well for housing.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
And if the labor market is showing signs of a cold, that doesn’t bode well for the overall health of the economy.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bode
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Trump promised during the 2024 presidential campaign to release the files in their entirety and Patel before taking the FBI job had pushed unsubstantiated claims about who was in them.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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But experts said insufficient oversight has undermined the protections promised to visa holders.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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Despite the seemingly sweet resolution to their storyline (and an ostensibly upbeat last line of dialogue), there’s a strange undercurrent to the Nagisa and Natsuo segment that suggests foreboding as much as potential happiness — a mysterious tension befitting the creator that Miyake is adapting.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
17 Aug. 2025
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With the third season of The White Lotus well underway—and its signature sense of foreboding steadily mounting—cast member Michelle Monaghan was in anything but ominous spirits last night at The Mark Hotel.—
Laura Neilson,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Bode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bode. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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