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
While 2025 has been an off-cycle year for India's stock market, a new technical catalyst is on the horizon that bodes well for a strong finish to the year, in both absolute and relative terms.
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Katie Stockton, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
Felony record this young doesn't bode well for their future, so what now?
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
That does not bode well for their future health.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Moves such as Ethio Telecom’s blocking of Safaricom’s M-Pesa mobile money app do not bode well for Equity and KCB Bank whose growth plans are heavily centred on using technology to expand access to various financial products.
—Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
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Katie Stockton, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
Felony record this young doesn't bode well for their future, so what now?
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
That does not bode well for their future health.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Moves such as Ethio Telecom’s blocking of Safaricom’s M-Pesa mobile money app do not bode well for Equity and KCB Bank whose growth plans are heavily centred on using technology to expand access to various financial products.
—Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bode
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Potential adversaries interpret political action in zero-sum terms; see malice and evil design in mere blunders and coincidence; trumpet necessity rather than navigate choice; and, in extreme cases, invent pretext or promise profit to make more palatable a dubious cause.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Struggling with a lack of career opportunities, Gen Z is second-guessing the worth of pricey college degrees, which once promised them six-figure jobs.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 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 4 Nov. 2025.
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