portend
Example Sentences
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U.S. stocks were flirting with a critical threshold on Wednesday that, if broken, could portend another 10% drop for the S&P 500, according to one technical analyst.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
Shedding talent and salary gave Boston financial flexibility—but it also seemed to portend a season of knocking around the NBA’s ocean floor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
Does this Super Bowl’s record-breaking A.I. ad splurge also portend a coming pop?
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026
His insistence that no one is safe until everyone is safe, can seem to portend a future in which no one will ever be safe, though as a teacher I assume he’s more sanguine.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
He believes the rainbow is a sign from God and that comets portend evil.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing portend
Grade 11, List 2
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"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass
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