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presage

[pres-ij, pres-ij, pri-seyj] / ˈprɛs ɪdʒ, ˈprɛs ɪdʒ, prɪˈseɪdʒ /




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Conversely, a lagging transportation average might presage a decline in the overall market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

If Rosenberg is right and “odds of some policy action or communication to stabilize the yen are rising,” then this could presage a major trading reversal.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025

Worn for a couple of weeks, the Zio monitor looks for irregular heart rhythms, such as atrial fibrillation—a racing heartbeat that can presage a stroke or heart attack.

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

They worry that its spread in cattle, which it has never before been known to infect, could presage a jump to people.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2024

Since it must, they thought, presage the fall of some kingdom, the comet encouraged, in some sense precipitated, the invasion of England by William the Conqueror.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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