portend

Example Sentences

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Does this Super Bowl’s record-breaking A.I. ad splurge also portend a coming pop?

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026

Yet the reticence from car buyers toward the end of last year portend a potentially volatile year marked by uncertainty around tariffs and the broader economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

In commentary shared with MarketWatch on Monday, the SentimenTrader team showed that the ICE BofAML Move Index falling below 60.1 late last week could portend more gains for stocks up to one year out.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025

Early in the second half, there had been one stretch that seemed to portend a different ending.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2025

The finest astronomers and astrologers—Thomas Digges in England, Francesco Maurolico in Italy, Tadeàš Hàjek in Prague—racked their brains in an attempt to work out what this might portend and hastened to publish their conflicting conclusions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton