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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presignify
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For now, the business world is again struggling to divine which of Mr. Trump’s pronouncements are merely a gambit, and which portend real changes.—
Peter S. Goodman,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025 -
Despite causing tensions between Biden and Netanyahu, the move did not portend any major changes in the war.—
Jennifer Hansler,
CNN,
16 Feb. 2025
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Asthmatic respiratory crisis indicates the pope struggled to maintain a sufficient oxygen level when breathing on his own, according to medical experts.—
Phoebe Natanson,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2025
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Research indicates that relationship satisfaction tends to decrease between the ages of 20 and 40, reaching a low point around age 40.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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Calendrical divination Calendars have long been used to divine the future and establish the best times to perform certain activities.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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The prize's namesake, author Mark Twain, divined his pen name from a navigation term used by steamboat captains on a river.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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Neither Churchill nor Mellon could foresee that the main beneficiary of a tottering world economy would eventually be Hitler.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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While there’s no crystal ball, many beauty companies, such as Unilever, foresee after a soft start to 2025 that the market will gain more traction in the second half of the year.—
Kathryn Hopkins,
WWD,
25 Feb. 2025
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In connection with the completion of the Transactions, New Lionsgate (Lionsgate Studios Corp) anticipates having approximately $1,755.3 million of outstanding indebtedness, while Starz anticipates having approximately $631.7 million of outstanding indebtedness.—
Joe Cornell,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Cleveland-Cliffs reported a loss of 92 cents per share for the fourth quarter, while analysts were anticipating a loss of 61 cents, according to LSEG.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2025
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Both the hosting of the Games and the adoption of the euro in 2001 seemed to betoken an unaccustomed self-confidence, optimism and national pride among Greeks.—
Alan Cowell,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2025
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The book betokens an acceptance of ever-encroaching mortality.—
Christina Cacouris,
The New Yorker,
24 Sep. 2024
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Stylistically, The Interrogation foreshadows the conventions that would characterize Wang’s later works.—
Philip Tinari,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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As with previous outings, death is foreshadowed before flashing back one week earlier to the guests’ arrival at the elite five-star White Lotus resort.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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The retailing giant on Thursday provided a 2025 sales and profit forecast that was lower than analysts had expected, with executives warning about new challenges in an uncertain economic landscape.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2025
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South Korean officials have warned that Beijing could build as many as a dozen additional installations in the area.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Presignify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presignify. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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