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presage

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




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While the $6 million in damages is small potatoes for two of the world’s largest corporations, the March verdict could presage much costlier lawsuits.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

After hearing these songs, the happier ones at the beginning of the album reveal bits of shadow that Rodrigo has built into them to presage what’s to come — to presage what always comes.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 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

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

“Ah, not if you were like me—if sleep was to you a presage of horror!”

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

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

From National Geographic Sep. 8, 2023

Waxman warns against being too alarmist about whether it presages the decline of American democracy, a la Germany in the 1930s, as America still has strong democratic institutions.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 21, 2022

As I passed down an obscure street, I felt spread through all my palms that tingling of the nerves that presages a great leap.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

“Not all high-profile U.S. IPOs have presaged major corrections in the S&P 500,” said John Higgins, chief economic adviser for financial markets at Capital Economics.

From Barron's Jun. 1, 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

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

Shreve cried, though Quentin had not spoken: it had been merely some quality, some gathering of Quentin’s still laxed and hunched figure which presaged speech, because Shreve said Wait.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner

Some worry that suggests crypto’s slump could be presaging a broader market decline.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 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

As a result, the tins have become iconic for presaging disappointment — for not containing what the packaging promises.

From New York Times Jun. 6, 2023

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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