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
His first bitter taste of the majors presaged many more setbacks to come.
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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
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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Extended highway drive tests covering hundreds of miles showed the firm’s simulation models predicted real-world energy use within a few percent.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Mar. 2026
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Local politics observers predicted Drayton could tighten that gap and present Leake’s biggest obstacle yet.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Presaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presaged. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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