as in predicted
to tell of or describe beforehand
people used to believe that a comet presaged a major event, such as the death of a king
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Recent Examples of presaged
As for Cipriani, a hidden history of run-ins with power players seems to have presaged this Shell game.
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Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Those events presaged the 2026 Iran war, in which Israel and the United States launched a large-scale operation against Iran’s military infrastructure and senior leadership.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
His first bitter taste of the majors presaged many more setbacks to come.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
Yet the demands of modernity produced some humane outcomes that also presaged the future.
—Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
Italian Conceptual artist and theorist Franco Vaccari, whose participatory photographic works presaged the logics of social media and helped photography gain recognition as an art form, died on December 12.
—News Desk, Artforum, 18 Dec. 2025
Keane, though, sees nothing but disaster ahead, a portent presaged by some of the film’s most enduring images, like a stretch limo with a flat tire and a steam room littered with empty champagne bottles.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Those events presaged the 2026 Iran war, in which Israel and the United States launched a large-scale operation against Iran’s military infrastructure and senior leadership.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
His first bitter taste of the majors presaged many more setbacks to come.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
Yet the demands of modernity produced some humane outcomes that also presaged the future.
—Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
Italian Conceptual artist and theorist Franco Vaccari, whose participatory photographic works presaged the logics of social media and helped photography gain recognition as an art form, died on December 12.
—News Desk, Artforum, 18 Dec. 2025
Keane, though, sees nothing but disaster ahead, a portent presaged by some of the film’s most enduring images, like a stretch limo with a flat tire and a steam room littered with empty champagne bottles.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for presaged
predicted
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As predicted, Jive put minimal support behind the track and Short was forced to rely on his independent hustle to blow it up.—
Kyle Eustice,
SPIN,
15 Apr. 2026
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Southeast Michigan is predicted to experience another round of severe weather on Wednesday.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Presaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presaged. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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