harbingered

verb

past tense of harbinger
as in predicted
to give a slight indication of beforehand the hope that the housing slump does not harbinger a general economic recession

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harbingered
  1. predicted
  2. implied
  3. foreshadowed
  4. heralded
  5. anticipated
  6. prefigured
Verb
  • Before Chinese refining capacity picks up again, the government will want assurances that crude is flowing through the strait unimpeded, Kaneva predicted.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • The figures represented a setback after Central Bank President Luis Pérez predicted in May that monthly inflation would remain in single digits for the rest of the year.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Definition of predicted
Verb
  • Iran has not directly claimed responsibility for the attacks, but has implied involvement.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 7 July 2026
  • The federations have implied, not without justification, that the decision was tainted.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
Definition of implied
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  • Roberts’s quip foreshadowed his opinion on behalf of the Court holding that near-universal birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the text of the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship clause.
    — Amanda Frost, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • As Sam Khan wrote yesterday, the SWC also foreshadowed the future of college football.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of foreshadowed
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  • The housing package was heralded as a win by both Republicans and Democrats, who are eager to campaign on the legislation ahead of the 2026 midterms in which voters have serious concerns about the cost of living.
    — Dan Mangan,Luke Fountain,Kevin Breuninger,Garrett Downs,Ashley Capoot,Justin Papp, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • There will also be random utility players and less-than-heralded bullpen arms included to fill out the roster.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of heralded
Verb
  • In San Diego, the law could have a greater reach than the city anticipated.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
  • Trump’s growth potential was, of course, greater than Graham had anticipated.
    — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 July 2026
Definition of anticipated
Verb
  • Other Black families tried to hold on under the new regime but ultimately found Wilmington untenable and moved north, joining a local exodus that prefigured the Great Migration.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
  • In July 1962, Froio prefigured her lifelong involvement with the Hamptons by writing a piece for WWD about what was selling at the boutiques in West Hampton, commenting on the merchandise at stores called Le Sorelle (The Sisters) and Treasure Trove.
    — Lorna Koski, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
Definition of prefigured
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