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

From Barron's Oct. 15, 2025

But some familiar with the company think the headquarters relocation announcement could presage a larger presence in Texas.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2024

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

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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

Corporate earnings are growing, and profit margins are stable and often expanding—and that usually presages higher stock prices.

From Barron's Feb. 4, 2026

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

From National Geographic Sep. 8, 2023

The partial report of Corcoran’s testimony presages a much more detailed and damning account at trial.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 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

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

“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

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

Crime fiction became more realistic, an approach presaged by Dashiell Hammett and other hard-boiled American writers in the 1920s.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 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

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

It was an early example of Americans’ resentment of English tyranny, presaging the anger that would erupt into the Revolutionary War in the next century.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

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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