as in presentiments
a feeling that something bad will happen
she had a premonition that her cat would somehow get hurt that day
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Recent Examples of premonitions
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.
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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
But when a filmmaker puts his most dismal vision for our collective future onscreen, we’re somehow supposed to pretend these terrible premonitions could never have occurred to little old us, instead hailing them as a feat of imaginative brilliance.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Nov. 2025
Despite trying to have a fresh new start at The Overlook, the Torrances' relationships prove to be too strained, and matters only intensify after Danny's terrifying premonitions appear to come true as Jack's psyche unravels.
—Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
These premonitions lead her and Fin to Alpine Lake, the site of a Christian winter camp in the Rocky Mountains.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
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
But when a filmmaker puts his most dismal vision for our collective future onscreen, we’re somehow supposed to pretend these terrible premonitions could never have occurred to little old us, instead hailing them as a feat of imaginative brilliance.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Nov. 2025
Despite trying to have a fresh new start at The Overlook, the Torrances' relationships prove to be too strained, and matters only intensify after Danny's terrifying premonitions appear to come true as Jack's psyche unravels.
—Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
These premonitions lead her and Fin to Alpine Lake, the site of a Christian winter camp in the Rocky Mountains.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for premonitions
Noun
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Spring delivers all the fresh-air feels.—
Judith Garrison,
AJC.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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And unlike the Apollo days, Americans now have social media to express all the feels, create memes and share powerful quotes from the astronauts in real time.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Those immediate prognostications, however, are often fool's errands.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Apr. 2026
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Plenty of presidents have dismissed the warnings and prognostications of their intelligence advisers, or simply not made time to hear them.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The incident has raised suspicions here of a much broader involvement in Mexico by the CIA, an agency long assailed in Latin America because of its decades-long involvement in coups, assassination attempts and other undercover actions.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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All suspicions that EMi would be Madrid’s hottest opening of the year were confirmed as soon as doors opened last summer.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Premonitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premonitions. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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