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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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Many predicted this sort of mission-creep when VAR was in its infancy, and those warnings have proven well-founded.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Hurricanes are predicted to grow stronger and spin up faster, too, having a more damaging effect.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

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His team also collapses down the stretch and even though its not implied, the link is obvious that Mayfield’s health is a contributing factor.

— Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
But the inference is that the rankings implied where the quarterbacks stood entering 2026.

— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 17 July 2026

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He was hired in Edmonton in 2015 in the aftermath of the Connor McDavid lottery win, heralded as the culture change the team needed.

— Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Award-winning bagpiper Aaron Shaw heralded the groom’s arrival, a profound tribute to his family’s Scottish lineage and nod to Davis being an accomplished bagpiper himself.

— Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of heralded

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Such an outcome seemed highly improbable when the loan agreement was struck with Barcelona; all parties anticipated his move would be made permanent.

— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Of particular interest are the human remains, which are anticipated to provide information on the diet and living conditions of the area’s inhabitants at the time.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of anticipated

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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

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