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- a promising writer who just may write the great American novel someday
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- all the signs for the new business are promising
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verbSynonyms of promising (Entry 2 of 2)
- they promised to keep in touch with us after they moved away
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- given the cast, the new sitcom promises to be an excellent show
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- auguring,
- boding,
- foreboding
- (also forboding)
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“Promising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promising. Accessed 21 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of promising was in 1594
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