premonitions

plural of premonition

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Recent Examples of premonitions But Naipaul reminds us about how ubiquitous premonitions of catastrophe and doom were in the 1970s. James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026 Retroactively, they were interpreted as premonitions of the 1994 violence that saw many thousands of locals, primarily Tutsis, massacred at the hands of Hutu Génocidaires. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2026 Again, people have premonitions. Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 May 2026 They are also filled with apocalyptic premonitions that make sense only in a first-century context, when Jesus was credibly thought by his followers to soon be on his way back home, ready to take believers up to Heaven, or the moon, with him. Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 New research shows Hinton’s premonitions about the insubordinate streak of AI may already be a reality. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026 The data in the new study validates these premonitions. Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026 The youngest chewing-gum seller would adopt the conspiratorial tones of a seasoned Kremlinologist, seeing signs and premonitions in every event. Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026 The earliest calls feel almost like premonitions, fragile voices that foreshadow the terror that would soon sweep across the Hill Country. Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for premonitions
Noun
  • The feels-like temperatures, which take into account humidity, will reach as high as 107 degrees, according to the weather service.
    Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • So why can a job market look fairly healthy on paper while the experience of actually trying to get hired feels so brutal?
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Evans, a 6-foot-6 guard from Duke, said he wasn’t offended by prognostications that place him late in the first round.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
  • Not that these prognostications are wrong.
    Jonathan Odden, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Writer-director Steven Conrad employs a fair bit of misdirection, pointing our suspicions first to Clark and then to Carol.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Reporting then revealed a historic spike in the sales of physical books printed before 2022, and booksellers began voicing their suspicions that AI companies were secretly their big buyers.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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“Premonitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premonitions. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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