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presage

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




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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

Their book is the first such comprehensive study of HTS and is likely to presage much further research and examination.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 3, 2025

The bust would presage the dissolution of Wings; McCartney would release a solo album, “McCartney II,” in May.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2025

The divergence does, however, presage what may happen when the military awards its contracts.

From Barron's Oct. 15, 2025

All is vastness; the clouds are piled up like giant rocks, and there is a “brool” over the sea that sounds like some presage of doom.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

The top honor at the newly rebranded Actor Awards recognizes the ensemble cast of a film -- a decision that sometimes, but not always, presages Oscars best picture glory.

From Barron's Mar. 1, 2026

The rapidly growing rail system is a symbol of India’s modernization, and Charu’s bookish father, a workshop manager, believes in the progress it presages.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

It is intense, precise and gorgeously written, and I hope it presages another volume.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 1, 2024

But he takes umbrage at the notion that 2023 presages a “new normal.”

From National Geographic Sep. 8, 2023

Orgoreyn and the Archipelago has been increasing during the last ten or twenty millennia, and presages the end of the Ice, or at least a recession of it and an interglacial period.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

But the aborted diplomatic launch capped an already tumultuous two days that presaged the meeting’s collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

It also accurately presaged a big post-IPO runup in shares of Cerebras once they finally went public in the U.S, according to Coltman.

From MarketWatch May 20, 2026

And again, EPS beats heralded outperformance of 3% in the first year of a new activist-led CEO regime, while EPS misses presaged a lag of 10%.

From Barron's Apr. 10, 2026

He didn’t stay, but his arrival presaged their comeback.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2026

Her cheeks were ruddy and chapped in a way that presaged irruption.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Often, a low put-call ratio is a sign that investors are overly ebullient and can thus be seen as a contrarian indicator, presaging a market retreat.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

Trevor Milton, founder of the electric truck manufacturer Nikola, was convicted of misleading investors in 2022, presaging Nikola’s bankruptcy last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

The apocalyptic imagination, he argued, imposes on history “neat, naïve patterns” presaging a turning point in the grand scheme of humanity.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2025

Scores were exposed to the virus, presaging potential catastrophe in Africa’s most populous nation.

From Slate Jan. 31, 2025

Now the precise outlines of her skull show through the skin of her face, presaging death.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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