as in predicting
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as in foreseeing
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as in anticipating
to realize or know about beforehand
what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring?
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Verb
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But, as of now, Guerin’s anticipating re-signing Rossi — not trading him — whether to a bridge deal or a long-term deal.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024 -
Stay ahead by anticipating the skills your organization will need and aligning hiring practices accordingly.—
Mo Hamzian,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The mass is made of wondrous adamantium, similar to Wakanda’s coveted vibranium.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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The itinerary brings travelers through wondrous landscapes in East Africa hot spots Tanzania and Kenya in search of lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants, and Cape buffalo.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
AFAR Media,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Spider divination In Cameroon, Mambila spider divination (nggam du)) poses difficult questions to spiders or land crabs that live in holes in the ground.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Following her magnificent turn as a Sicilian divination witch in Agatha All Along, Patti LuPone is returning to the small screen for another flashy role.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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It’s told in flashback to Simba and Nala’s daughter, Kiara, by the soothsaying mandrill Rafiki, with the meerkat Timon and the warthog Pumbaa goofing on the sidelines.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2024
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Does Nashawaty, in his soothsaying capacity, even have the right decade?—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2024
Adjective
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Drivers hover by the gates to transport you off on a moment’s notice: the spa, paddle, pickle, and tennis courts, the local waterfalls, the extraordinary hikes, the water sports, chocolate making.—
Giles Hattersley,
Vogue,
15 Feb. 2025
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Ryan has an extraordinary lens for taking stories and social concepts, but doing them in ways that appeal to the most people, and that’s a real art form.—
Kate Storey,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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These signs seem to confirm Sahm’s augury that the economy remains healthy.—
David Thomas,
Forbes,
16 Oct. 2024
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The auguries were not favorable for a Pétain acquittal.—
Robert O. Paxton,
Harper's Magazine,
17 Dec. 2023
Adjective
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In a miraculous fall from the height of fame, Faithfull lost custody of her child and wound up homeless on the streets of London.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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By the wannabe Yoda’s logic, as successful as a network like NBC was at the time, within a few years, one of its lesser rivals would almost surely mount a miraculous comeback and leave the Peacock looking plucked.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
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