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bodings

noun

plural of boding

as in auspices

something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event among some ancient peoples, solar eclipses were often seen as celestial bodings of earthly calamities

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With the next presidential election only two years away and the start of campaigns even sooner, the candidates were asked for their predictions on the Democratic nominee.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
Scientists there are currently expanding an artificial intelligence tool called DuctGPT to improve predictions about how materials behave inside active fusion energy systems.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 26 July 2026

Definition of predictions

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In the Public Employment Relations Board filing, SEIU Local 1000 shared its desire to make suggestions on AI and technology that could affect employment matters, such as pay, productivity expectations, schedules and working conditions.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
Here are five suggestions for attracting and retaining talent for your small business.

— Rob Falzon, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of suggestions

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Laboratory demonstrations have already shown production pathways for lubricant precursors, munition components, active pharmaceutical ingredients, bioplastics, and single-cell proteins.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
In this study, published last month in Science, researchers found that as mice got close to the end of their pregnancies, placental levels of NAD+ and its precursors dropped off fast.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 20 July 2026

Definition of precursors

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The heralds operate like independent contractors, with their own caseloads.

— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
The reason is that the 1996 Ferrari 550 Maranello’s arrival was one of the heralds of the Ferrari of today, the one building cars with both world-beating performance and everyday usability.

— Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 28 May 2026

Definition of heralds

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Always alert to mood swings, Hollywood this week is coping with some dauntingly positive portents.

— Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 June 2026
But there is reason for hope, because the season-one finale of Widow’s Bay is like a beacon in the dark, and all the signs and portents are lining up.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 June 2026

Definition of portents

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Margaret and Alice are the forerunners of Lucy and Ethel, and Shakespeare’s comedy, written expressly to entertain, gives us a sense of what an Elizabethan-era situation comedy might look like.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
One of the forerunners today in Madeira and the Azores is António Maçanita from Azores Wine Company.

— Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of forerunners

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There was a book in Sapphire’s den that ran a different set of numbers, the math of omens and outcomes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Long before scientists understood solar wind or magnetism, people associated auroras with spirits, omens, warriors, or celestial beings.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026

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