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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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Those surveyed also correctly predicted the dissenters to the decision.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
Kai-Fu Lee’s AI Superpowers, an influential book published in 2018, largely predicted the current tech battle between the US and China.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of predicted

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Pasteur’s experiment implied that being alive is hereditary—life, not not-life, begets life.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
The documents say that the golf circuit’s largest revenue stream—sponsorships—was about $102 million in 2025 and that the total was 49% of the overall implied $208 million in revenue.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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Doing this for any longer is dangerous, a fact Brown foreshadowed throughout his final months in charge.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
There wasn’t mention of the drubbing that the Rams took in its opener against the 49ers, but that was perhaps foreshadowed by McVay during his interview.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026

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Step Back Uber’s arrival in Nigeria in 2014 heralded a taxi revolution after a couple handful of startups attempted ride-hailing services in Lagos with little success.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Carolina’s defensive line is not deep — and far from heralded — besides Brown.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of heralded

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The Hornets anticipated competing one final season in the FCS this season, but a spring invite to the Mid-American Conference was welcomed news but with the underlined theme that this will take time.

— Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Saturday’s main event will feature the flyweight title rematch between Joshua Van (17-2) and Alexandre Pantoja (30-6), a matchup that has been highly anticipated ever since their first bout ended prematurely.

— Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

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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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