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presage

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




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So this could presage tensions too between Polanski and the party membership, some of whom will have been inspired to join the Greens by his leadership.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

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

Investor will turn to whether the company’s establishment of a new nonvoting share class presages equity fundraising in 2027, the analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

It both presages the movie’s musical bent and works as a metaphor for the unconscious and often unacceptable parts of ourselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024

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

From National Geographic ● Sep. 8, 2023

Hence, the passage presages the coming of the Messiah.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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.

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

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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