as in diviners
one who predicts future events or developments
ancient Roman augurs who predicted the future by reading the flight of birds
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as in promises
to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome
the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school
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as in predicts
to tell of or describe beforehand
the fortune-teller augured nothing but a series of calamities for me
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Recent Examples of augurs
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2026
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
This augurs poorly for yen bulls.
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William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The image of James’s paper lantern, let go and floating up into the night sky like a second moon, augurs his eventual fleeing from his family.
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Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
The rehearsal augurs Starship’s coming test flight—its 12th—which will mark the first time the latest version of vehicle is put through its paces.
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Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
But some parishioners remain optimistic that this period of intense hardship finally augurs the end of the regime.
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Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
The broader picture augurs well for the Israeli home front.
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Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
And that really augurs the potential for severe and prolonged enduring instability in this region.
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ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
Every day augurs some new threat—to democracy, to decency.
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Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
As grey hairs appear and other augurs of age become visible, Claire contends with the varied reactions of her small social circle.
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Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2026
Verb
In the film’s ferocious climax, Jim is shot but escapes with Selena and Hannah, and the story closes (28 days later) back in the countryside as a jet flies over and augurs their rescue.
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Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
This augurs poorly for yen bulls.
—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The image of James’s paper lantern, let go and floating up into the night sky like a second moon, augurs his eventual fleeing from his family.
—
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
The rehearsal augurs Starship’s coming test flight—its 12th—which will mark the first time the latest version of vehicle is put through its paces.
—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
But some parishioners remain optimistic that this period of intense hardship finally augurs the end of the regime.
—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
The broader picture augurs well for the Israeli home front.
—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
And that really augurs the potential for severe and prolonged enduring instability in this region.
—
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
Every day augurs some new threat—to democracy, to decency.
—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for augurs
Noun
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Seven Mountains has brought the language of spiritual warfare and demon-fighting into the mainstream of evangelicalism, through a network of pastors who view themselves as prophets and apostles engaged in a battle against evil secular forces.
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This idea was the work of the apostles and prophets of the New Apostolic Reformation, a charismatic movement that began gathering momentum in the 1990s and is now the leading edge of the Christian right.
Verb
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The blurb promises a one-last-job kind of story, fitting for the conclusion to a modern classic of the crime genre.
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There's still a lot of manual campaign optimization and workflow management that needs rebuilding into agentic systems, but the next wave of AI (agentic) promises real change in how marketing campaign managers do their jobs.
Verb
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The British betting company William Hill predicts that soccer fans will throw back more than 5 million pints of beer in stadiums and fan zones during this year's World Cup.
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Peter Supino of Wolfe Research predicts a WBD-like bidding war for NBCU, with Netflix among those apt to circle.
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More than 72 million were under severe thunderstorm watches on Saturday, according to federal forecasters, with the unsettled cells capable of producing winds 65 mph and greater, as well as quarter-sized hail.
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Though still somewhat shaky, shipping confidence in transiting the vital strait is rising rapidly, leading forecasters to warn of an impending oil glut; Citi predicts prices could fall to as low as $60 a barrel by the end of the year.
Verb
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The Obama Presidential Center opening June 18 also bodes well for tourism, both in burnishing the city’s image and creating a new attraction to draw domestic and international visitors to Chicago, Reynolds said.
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Moreover, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh did a good job at his first post-meeting press conference last week, and the potential for a definitive agreement to end the war with Iran bodes well for the global economy.
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“Augurs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augurs. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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