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
In addition, state tax revenues have been healthy — which bodes well for even more state education funding for school systems statewide.
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Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Tuesday’s win will bode well in the power rankings used for playoff seeding.
—Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Anything that touches chicken needs to be cooked to an internal temperature of 165°F, which will not bode well for beef or pork.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
While Dems might win in 2026 in spite of all of their problems, a false sense of security would not bode well for 2028 — and beyond.
—Matt K. Lewis, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
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Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Tuesday’s win will bode well in the power rankings used for playoff seeding.
—Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Anything that touches chicken needs to be cooked to an internal temperature of 165°F, which will not bode well for beef or pork.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
While Dems might win in 2026 in spite of all of their problems, a false sense of security would not bode well for 2028 — and beyond.
—Matt K. Lewis, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bode
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Sunday marked only the first chapter, and an early test for a young, promising head coach.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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The 18 million acre-feet was likely an overestimation of how much water there was even a century ago, but today’s river provides even less than the total amounts promised to states in 1922.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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There was no obvious precipitating event, but the encroachment of Grok seemed foreboding.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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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 22 Apr. 2026.
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