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
One of Redford’s last screen roles, which presaged his retirement from acting in 2018, was as the career criminal Forrest Tucker in David Lowery’s The Old Man & the Gun.
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K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Her attraction to coloring books presaged her minimal style.
—News Desk, Artforum, 8 Sep. 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
K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Her attraction to coloring books presaged her minimal style.
—News Desk, Artforum, 8 Sep. 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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With Musk pushed out of the administration and DOGE's influence waning, some onlookers predicted in the weeks leading up to the shutdown deadline that the White House would be less eager to terminate more jobs.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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On Wednesday, Buckley predicted that the Phillies would broker another four-year agreement to keep their 56-homer bat in the middle of the order for the rest of his prime.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Presaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presaged. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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