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Recent Examples of portent Khrushchev wasn’t content, however, with these favorable portents. John Lewis Gaddis, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2024 And the portents were not just in Henderson’s and Nuzzo’s paper. David Zweig, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025 Matthew stresses royalty, prefacing the birth with heavenly portents; afterward, Magi bear royal gifts to a future king. Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025 But the attacks could have been interpreted very differently: as a horrific case of blowback and a portent of resistance to U.S. hegemony. Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 17 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for portent
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Noun
  • This is, in part, explained by the institutional memory of the competition’s forerunner — the Intercontinental Cup — and the legendary battles of a bygone era.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • Another forerunner of today’s scene is Ansedonia, a hillside community of upscale homes near Capalbio that in the 1960s became popular with creative types from the Italian capital.
    Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • On Jewish holidays, the Hallel prayer is recited in Shul as a psalm of praise and thanksgiving and collective expression of gratitude for GDs miracles.
    Rafael James, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2025
  • Don’t just pray for a miracle, but be realistic and find the right plan.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • For England head coach Lee Carsley, positive omens surrounded him before this summer’s Under-21 European Championship had even begun.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • Every morning, my phone screen lights up to more ill omens.
    Jayson Greene, Time, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • The phenomenon of retailers hosting coffee shops isn’t exactly new, as anyone who’s ever been to a Starbucks inside of a Target can tell you.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 July 2025
  • This phenomenon is more science than stigma, experts say.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Organizations can measure psychological safety data as a precursor to inclusion.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Washington said the firms funneled money to Chinese firms that produce the precursors for fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid that has stoked a drug epidemic in the US.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Paring payroll and procuring prospects took precedence, prompting wonder whether that run could be waning.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • Is It Natural Hair Approved? Especially with the heavy styling products, high tension and high heat styles many of us curly girls love, a specialized treatment to address scalp concerns and build up could do wonders for your hair.
    Essence, Essence, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • John wonders if he and his foreshadowing are chopped liver.
    Stacia Brown, Vulture, 26 June 2025
  • Democrats assailed the budget as a devastating foreshadowing of Trump's vision for the country.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • The new see-through marvels of the Temporis Duo Grand Complication Openface add to Vacheron’s rich history of minute repeaters and complications, and like the Solaria, is a piece unique for one collector to savor.
    Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 25 June 2025
  • An architectural marvel, the Link is the world’s longest cantilever, floating between two towers like a futuristic sky bridge.
    Natasha Amar, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025

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“Portent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portent. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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