augur
Example Sentences
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“What happened at Music Inn in the 1950s,” he argues, “was a remarkable confluence of place, people, and politics that reflected and augured seismic shifts and conflicts in American culture.”
In her 1958 novel “The Best of Everything,” about a group of young women navigating office life, Rona Jaffe spends a lot of time discussing clothes and how they augur success or failure.
Harnett had much simpler taste than his patrons, and while “Ease” is not a vanitas painting auguring death, he was known for incorporating traces of humor and irony in his paintings.
The AidData report notes that some early attempts to use credit to finance direct investments or acquisitions have hit regulatory walls, auguring further embarrassment and perhaps losses for China as this trend accelerates.
The way consumers feel about the economy often augurs their propensity to spend.
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