heralding

Definition of heraldingnext
present participle of herald

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of heralding Longer days are finally here, heralding the start of spring. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026 Teenagers are more inclined than their elders to get news from nontraditional sources such as social media and influencers, heralding a generational shift in how people seek out information. ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026 Analysts are heralding the 2020s as the biggest chance in the word’s relationship to the dollar since 1974, and every day the Iran war continues, the cracks in the old system grow wider and wider. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026 There have been few moments this season when at least one of them was not on the court, heralding the ball while running the offense. Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026 With warmer weather heralding spring, the amount of outdoor activities significantly increases. Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 1 Apr. 2026 Damansara made the Chronicle’s 2025 list of the Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area, with restaurant critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan heralding its chili crab as one of the city’s best crab dishes. Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2026 Instead, members devoted every waking breath to restoring Sharia and, by doing so, heralding a new era of blind and impartial justice. Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026 As spring approaches, heralding an end to the dreary winter season, thrift stores are looking for more donations of specific items. Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heralding
Verb
  • This knowledge is critical for monitoring and predicting how our ocean-climate system is shifting, affecting both people and ecosystems in our changing world.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
  • Twenty years ago, during my first year as a geoscience undergraduate, a lecturer told me that predicting when and where the next major eruption would take place was a pipe dream — the implication being that volcanoes are far too idiosyncratic and mercurial to have much in common with one another.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Since announcing that Glasgow flights would return, Stevens said, United has been encouraged by booking trends.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 10 May 2026
  • Smart’s remains were not recovered in the latest search in Arroyo Grande, the sheriff’s office said Saturday while announcing the search had been concluded.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • Bathrooms are expansive and clad in white marble, foreshadowing the scale of the sublime spa across the street.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Or maybe, as some eyebrow-raising posts on social media jokingly teased, foreshadowing a possible papal presidential run?
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Which is to say that its power as a mode of redress in the first sense—as agent for proclaiming and correcting injustices—is being appealed to constantly.
    Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Today, there's writing on the wall outside, proclaiming the miracle of Ho Khanh.
    Nicole Young, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The investment bank has a buy rating on MBX, and in a report out Monday left a $60 price target on the stock, implying nearly 50% upside from Friday’s close.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 12 May 2026
  • So is this just a case of bad art design, or is Duarte seriously implying that Alvarado-Gil should be shot?
    Robin Epley, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Sony Music Publishing has officially acquired Recognition Music Group‘s catalog from Blackstone, the companies announced on Monday, giving Sony ownership of publishing catalogs from the likes of Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber and the Red Hot Chili Peppers among many others.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
  • That's the smallest number since independent analyst Charlie Cook began publishing his ratings more than four decades ago.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Aviation’s safety culture is built around anticipating failure, not responding to it.
    Andrew Rogers, Washington Post, 14 May 2026
  • Tudor maintained that Kinsky would play again for Spurs, perhaps even this season, something not even the most optimistic of Tottenham fans would have been eagerly anticipating.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • Wright has been a champion of LeBron's accomplishments for quite some time, declaring James the GOAT over Michael Jordan nearly a decade earlier, after the former's improbable Finals win over the Golden State Warriors.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • The network noted that The View had obtained a ruling from the FCC in 2002, declaring that the show was exempt from the equal time rule.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 May 2026

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“Heralding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heralding. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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