- present tense form of portend (3rd person singular).
portends
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"The yields are troubling people because it portends a tighter environment and it's going to be more expensive to borrow money," said Kim Forrest, chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“The performance of risk assets and energy markets in recent days portends a turning point in the Middle East conflict,” the economists wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
Conditions like dissociative identity disorder may dictate multiple support animals, and the growth in pet psychologists portends a burgeoning trend of emotionally affected pets needing their own support animals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
But its wholesale gutting portends an even more uncertain future for talented filmmakers already struggling in the A.I. age.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2026
Por′tent, that which portends or foreshows: an evil omen.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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