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
Anthropic’s increasing run rate for annual revenue could bode well for Amazon amid concerns about overinvestment on artificial intelligence, according to Bank of America.
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
But xAI has also applied for a permit to install 41 permanent turbines across the 114-acre facility, which doesn’t bode well for those hoping that the cacophony would eventually die down.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 4 Mar. 2026
Mortgage rates, aging boomers bode well for buyers Still, buyers experienced some relief in the form of lower mortgage interest rates.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 3 Mar. 2026
That often doesn’t bode well for the need to focus on academics.
—Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
But xAI has also applied for a permit to install 41 permanent turbines across the 114-acre facility, which doesn’t bode well for those hoping that the cacophony would eventually die down.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 4 Mar. 2026
Mortgage rates, aging boomers bode well for buyers Still, buyers experienced some relief in the form of lower mortgage interest rates.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 3 Mar. 2026
That often doesn’t bode well for the need to focus on academics.
—Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bode
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Iranian attacks against Gulf States have persisted, even after President Masoud Pezeshkian promised not to do so, according to a report from the Institute for the Study of War.—
Robert Stewart,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Mar. 2026
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Italy promised defense systems to Gulf nations.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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Nile is skeletal like Jared Kushner; his thinness is foreboding, marking a disavowal of all that is sensual.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
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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.—
Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN Money,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Bode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bode. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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