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noun

Definition of harbingersnext
plural of harbinger
as in forerunners
one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another her father's successful job interview was seen as a harbinger of better times to come

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verb

present tense third-person singular of harbinger
as in heralds
to give a slight indication of beforehand the hope that the housing slump does not harbinger a general economic recession

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  1. predicts
  2. implies
  3. symptoms
  4. angels
Verb
  • The standard cosmological model predicts a Hubble constant of around 67-68 kilometers per second per megaparsec (km/s/Mpc).
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
  • With more than 1,000 robots in Tesla manufacturing by 2025, Musk predicts that Optimus may help the company reach a $25 trillion valuation.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of predicts
Verb
  • Grief has been called a journey, but a journey implies an endpoint.
    Nancy Borowick, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
  • As the name implies, this cleaner, infused with rosemary-leaf extract, will set you up for a good hair week, removing dirt, oil, and product build-up from your scalp and strands.
    Lisa DeSantis, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of implies
Noun
  • In an alert to health-care providers last week, the California Department of Health said doctors should consider bird flu in people with acute respiratory symptoms or conjunctivitis who’ve had recent exposure to animals with bird flu or who have recently consumed raw dairy products.
    Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • How To Spot Symptoms Stroke symptoms typically have a sudden onset.
    Mill Etienne, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of symptoms
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  • Back then, Germany had just a handful of venture funds, and no real network of business angels.
    Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Back in the days no network of business angels existed, that’s why founders came to Rheingau for capitalization and support.
    Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of angels
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