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as in advocate
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
an outspoken herald of prison reform
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as in harbinger
one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another
the American robin—the herald of spring in the North
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as in to foreshadow
to give a slight indication of beforehand
the reshuffle of the company's management heralded the sweeping changes to come
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as in to announce
to make known openly or publicly
herald the great tidings to all the world
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Recent Examples of herald
Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
The authors of the Yale study sincerely see themselves as heralds of empirical science, whatever the political ramifications.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 28 May 2025
The most recent casualties in the wearable wars were supposed to herald the AI hardware revolution.
—Jackie Snow, Quartz, 22 May 2025
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Noun
In some alternate realities, both Norrin Radd and Shalla-Bal have served as heralds of Galactus.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
The authors of the Yale study sincerely see themselves as heralds of empirical science, whatever the political ramifications.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
And while electric vehicles have been heralded as a greener alternative, decades of advocacy and hundreds of billions of dollars in investment have yielded meager results.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 28 May 2025
The most recent casualties in the wearable wars were supposed to herald the AI hardware revolution.
—Jackie Snow, Quartz, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for herald
Noun
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Early childhood education advocates say the most notable legislation that came forward this session is the $100 million earmarked within the state budget for child care scholarships, also known as subsidies.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 June 2025
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Hunter and other advocates urged support for H.R. 40 recently re-introduced by New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley, both Democrats.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
20 June 2025
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Right now, the menu is filled with traditional American classics, but the breakfast and lunch croissant sandwiches are a harbinger of things to come when 88 Donuts gets up and rolling.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 June 2025
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Paul then recalled an instance where The Studio actor came out of the production office and solemnly beckoned him to come over, a seeming harbinger of bad news.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
1 June 2025
Verb
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Forbes senior contributor Christian Weller writes that while the CPI report looks positive, there are troubling areas that could foreshadow larger problems in the coming months.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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This foreshadowed a gradual cooling that would culminate in the most recent ice age.—
Tim Vernimmen,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 June 2025
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And his inspiration for still grinding while others start thinking about their retirement plans comes from Warren Buffett—who at 94 years old only just announced plans to step back as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
17 June 2025
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More carriage deals will be announced at a later date.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
17 June 2025
Noun
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That was the compromise needed to pass the measure, bill proponents said.—
Denise Amos,
Mercury News,
18 June 2025
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The bipartisan bill, which former President Biden signed into law in January, repealed two tax rules that proponents say have unfairly reduced benefits for many Americans who also receive government pensions.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The forerunner of today’s sleek MacBook laptops was the PowerBook.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
11 June 2025
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Frederick Ashton’s for the Sadler’s Wells Ballet (the forerunner of the Royal Ballet) in 1952, with a resplendent Margot Fonteyn in the title role, put the ballet back into the mainstream repertory, though it wasn’t performed by the Royal from the mid-1960s to 2004.—
Roslyn Sulcas,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
Verb
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There's no way to predict how future generations may view grief tech.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 June 2025
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Many commentators are already predicting a Versant-Global Networks merger.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
13 June 2025
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In front of an excited crowd of Venezuelans in Miami in 2019, the president proclaimed that Maduro’s days were numbered.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2025
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The holiday marks the date in 1865 – more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation – that Major General Gordon Granger and 2,000 Union Army troops came to Galveston Bay, Texas, to proclaim freedom for more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
20 June 2025
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“Herald.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herald. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.
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