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presage

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




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The cast’s choices are like weather-balloon data that presage the disaster of the movie’s climax, when everyone behaves like an emotionally incontinent millennial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

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

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

Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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

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

From National Geographic ● Sep. 8, 2023

He added that “it presages a lot of aesthetics found during the 2010 indie gamer boom.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2023

O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast!’”

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

The institutional moves presaged a broader ad-market pullback that accelerated Trade Desk’s stock-price decline throughout 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

In the past, long weekly winning streaks have typically presaged more gains for the index, following some near-term weakness.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 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, with 50 to 75 roaming the state today.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

Each visit was presaged by trips to the seamstress to fit a new dress or disguise an old one, and each time they returned there was fresh news about the royal court.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

Here, however, amid his other studies, Edward continued to take an illustration course, presaging the 20 years he would spend in commercial illustration, a job he despised.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

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

She told Inspector Thomas Mathew how in the last few weeks she had noticed some presaging signs, some insolence, some rudeness.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy


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