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as in prediction
a declaration that something will happen in the future
a yearbook augury that of all the graduates, he would be the most likely to succeed
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as in omen
something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event
some people believe that a broken mirror is an augury of seven years' bad luck
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as in divination
the art or practice of foretelling future events by interpreting omens
the gift of augury that Nostradamus purportedly possessed
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Recent Examples of augury
Within its air of metropolitan disdain lurked an augury of England’s post-Brexit identity crisis, in which the country appears permanently torn between the deflating liberal dreams still harbored in the cities and the backlash fermenting in the provinces left behind.
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Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021
Her first food was fish skin, blackened and reeking of the sea—augury foreshadowing her fearlessness, her love of swimming, her appetites.
—Aria Beth Sloss, Bon Appétit, 22 Mar. 2022
As with all augury, there's room for interpretation.
—Matthew Askari, Car and Driver, 28 June 2022
During the past 14 years of drought, the Colorado River Delta has been a living augury of the Colorado River and the ever-expanding swell of Southwesterners who depend on it.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2014
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Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021
Her first food was fish skin, blackened and reeking of the sea—augury foreshadowing her fearlessness, her love of swimming, her appetites.
—Aria Beth Sloss, Bon Appétit, 22 Mar. 2022
As with all augury, there's room for interpretation.
—Matthew Askari, Car and Driver, 28 June 2022
During the past 14 years of drought, the Colorado River Delta has been a living augury of the Colorado River and the ever-expanding swell of Southwesterners who depend on it.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2014
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for augury
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The cryptocurrency market continues to stir up bold predictions, with its latest coming from none other than Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki.Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Forecasts are quite good at reducing (but not eliminating) uncertainty, and there is ongoing research that is assimilating weather data with artificial intelligence for improved predictions.Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2024
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From the outset of its 1819 voyage, its crew faced difficulties—or, to a superstitious 19th-century sailor, bad omens.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Poe’s great, terrifying symbol, an emblem of lost wandering, absent compassion, and frightful omens, evoked Noah and the Ark and real-life apocalypse.Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Judging from the torrent of polling divinations, spirited debate and reportage dedicated to the potential ballot choices of our sons, brothers, husbands and uncles, women’s voting trends must be stagnant or just simpler, right?Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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So yellow is yellow was was air and Lilia divination trial, and orange was Alice in the fire trial.Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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Embrace change, become a forerunner and refuse to let emotional interference deter productivity.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
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Some Latin American nations are now even forerunners in the global struggle for LGBT equality.Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2016
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Freezing weather Wednesday morning is expected to give way to warmer conditions over the next several days, but a cold front forecast to roll through Central Texas later in the week will again plummet temperatures to near freezing.Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Key Background Nvidia stock’s downward swing followed what’s known as a triple earnings beat, in which the company easily exceeded consensus analyst forecasts for its third-quarter profit and revenue and raised its guidance for the fourth quarter.Derek Saul, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Its peaceful stillness and silence can become desolation, and its beautiful bleakness a portent of doom.Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
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Valya and her sister Tula (Olivia Williams) have high hopes for their new recruit, who Valya is convinced is part of the prophecy, but Sister Kasha, who’s mentored Ynez under Corrino, has been gripped by disturbing portents of things to come.Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
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The two campaigns have weaponized America against itself—a self-fulfilling prophecy.Chris Jackson, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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But after Week 1, that seemed more like a fever dream than a prophecy.Ross Terrell, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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The New Moon in Virgo, which occurs shortly after Mercury turns direct, presages really big beginnings throughout the zodiac.Jennifer Culp, Them, 16 Aug. 2024
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As the ending of the story perhaps presages, Martha is on the cusp of a change in her life.Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
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“Augury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augury. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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