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Recent Examples of omen Certain owls and eagles were considered powerful divinatory omens, while smaller avian species like thrushes were popular as both pets and meals. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 June 2025 The films are filled with little omens like this, both blatant and subtle — though usually blatant. Kellina Moore, New York Times, 17 May 2025 Such spectral doppelgängers stalk the living as grim omens of impending death. Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025 Studios could all use that sort of good news, and good omens for the rest of summer movie season. Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for omen
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Noun
  • The portents at Birmingham are not good given that in eight contests between the two nations, England have won seven and drawn one.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Appearances aren’t deceptive; the portents are grim.
    Christian Schneider, National Review, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Last week the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case Little vs. Hecox, which began in 2020 when Idaho became a forerunner for states with laws that ban trans athletes in women's and girls' sports.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025
  • For some years, the Octagon was home to Ohio’s militia, a forerunner to today’s National Guard; during the summer, soldiers would erect tents and practice training exercises.
    Kevin Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Look for ways to augment churn prediction and issue prevention.
    Mohan Mannava, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
  • However, Americans cannot legally participate in this prediction casino at the moment.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Despite these auguries of Sylvester’s moral and psychological well-being, the fact remains he is broke.
    Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
  • If EVs are any augury, America’s days at technology’s vanguard might be numbered.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • That weakness could be a foreshadowing of the inflation to come.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Jesus also washed the feet of his disciples and shared a foreshadowing of Judas’ betrayal at the Garden of Gethsemane.
    Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Chinese authorities have since controlled a number of these precursor chemicals.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
  • As a precursor of sorts for CBS stalwart Survivor (which returns for its 49th edition on September 24), Big Brother is the perfect reality appetizer before the ultimate main course.
    Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The key question investors and the Fed are trying to answer is whether this slight slackening presages a far worse outlook, even a recession, or whether reports of rising uncertainty merely reflect people’s feelings, not economic reality.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 June 2025
  • The result is chaos, bewilderment and delay that presages rising consumer prices.
    Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • With so many Internet sources to listen to and publish on, the public had a chance to be the hero of the story, all these hints of Gilbert Joubert Three Days of the Condor supervillainy just begging us to summon our inner Robert Redford to find him out.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 19 July 2025
  • The pairing is delicate yet complex as the red berry notes and floral hints mingle with the sweet acid left behind by the tomatoes.
    Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025

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“Omen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omen. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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