presages 1 of 2

plural of presage

presages

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verb

present tense third-person singular of presage

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Recent Examples of presages
Verb
The question facing Federal Reserve policymakers, who will meet next week, is whether the employment numbers presages a broader slump. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for presages
Noun
  • This one will give you all the feels and some hard-hitting action.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • By the time Megan seizes control of the reins at the film’s close, the abrupt denouement feels jarringly disconnected rather than organic to the storytelling.
    Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Pic heralds from Deadpool and John Wick director David Leitch and Bullet Train producer Kelly McCormick’s 87North, and Bill Bindley and Mike Karz’s Gulfstream Pictures (Upgraded), which financed the movie.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Thy Kingdom Come’s entrance heralds 10 total appearances for the album’s tracks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
    Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Whether the virtual particles are really there or not, the math predicts exactly what researchers observe in the real world.
    Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Tom Lee, head of research at Fundstrat, predicts that the S&P 500 could reach 7,000 by year-end.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Unlike traditional candles that require an open flame, these lamps gently melt your favorite wax from the top down, filling your space with hints of Honeycrisp apple and vanilla pumpkin safely and efficiently.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
  • OpenAI’s actions also provide hints.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Overproduction comes from forecasting failures or execution mistakes, said Chan, adding that AI is not just about better demand predictions, but helping businesses make real-time decisions with accuracy.
    Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Only time will tell, but check out these predictions from the contestants, including one player boldly calling out exactly when he will get voted out.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Many are anticipating words of wisdom or premonitions from Masaryk, perhaps a warning about the impending war or the threat coming from Russia.
    Jack Guy, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, their many years together reveal themselves as the vital heart of Romano’s own artistic output, as scattered throughout these pages appear pieces of her earlier books and, especially, poems, which come to assume the aura of dreamlike premonitions.
    Brian Robert Moore September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As portents go, after a testing summer for Newcastle, this did not look altogether positive.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Other auspicious portents are appearing, Worden says, that signal initial Mars colonies could begin spreading out, beneath crystalline hemispheric domes, across the 2030s.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The bad omens came early at this year’s Burning Man — the infamously wild, weeklong celebration of art, music, and unrestrained self-expression held at the end of every summer in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert — portending a particularly extra-ordinary burn.
    Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In the final novel of the series, The Last Battle, the destruction of trees and dryads in Lantern Waste, a place tied to the creation of Narnia itself, is one of many portentous omens signalling the end of the world.
    Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Presages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presages. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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