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as in prediction
a declaration that something will happen in the future
a yearbook augury that of all the graduates, he would be the most likely to succeed
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as in omen
something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event
some people believe that a broken mirror is an augury of seven years' bad luck
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as in divination
the art or practice of foretelling future events by interpreting omens
the gift of augury that Nostradamus purportedly possessed
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Recent Examples of augury
Dream books offered augury, poetry, and purpose—a kind of secular scripture for the numbers game.
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Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
If EVs are any augury, America’s days at technology’s vanguard might be numbered.
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Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 May 2025
These signs seem to confirm Sahm’s augury that the economy remains healthy.
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David Thomas,
Forbes,
16 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Remarkably, Kushner’s augury of a world coming apart holds true three decades later, including his prognostications about the dangers of climate change and the radical partisanship of the judiciary.
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Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
2 Apr. 2023
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Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
If EVs are any augury, America’s days at technology’s vanguard might be numbered.
—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 May 2025
These signs seem to confirm Sahm’s augury that the economy remains healthy.
—
David Thomas,
Forbes,
16 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Remarkably, Kushner’s augury of a world coming apart holds true three decades later, including his prognostications about the dangers of climate change and the radical partisanship of the judiciary.
—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
2 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for augury
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Sportsbook odds can also reflect risk management and bettor demand, while prediction markets can be influenced by liquidity and trader composition.
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World Cup enthusiasm has given a jolt to prediction market platform Rothera, a joint venture between Susquehanna International Group and Robinhood.
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Diarists and observers, including hymn writer John Newton and militia officers, often treated the event as an omen reflecting the gravity of the Revolution.
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This pick is also not a great omen for 2024 lottery pick Nikola Topić.
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The second part centers on tarot as a tool of divination and creative inspiration, beginning with the iconic 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck and moving on to art works from the twentieth century into the present day.
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Diamond Seas presents plunderphonics as a form of divination, akin to spirit photography or automatic writing.
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The National Weather Service issued an extreme-heat watch at the Grand Canyon for midday Monday through Tuesday, forecasting temperatures that could exceed 110 degrees at the low-elevation Phantom Ranch.
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Preparing for what comes after AGI, the authors write, will take forecasting and benchmarking and continuous monitoring, plus the ability to turn that work into policy quickly, across labs and governments and the research community at the same time.
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The city had a history of assimilating such yearners, most notably Madonna, Swift’s forerunner and her own Middle American transplant success story.
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The group, which includes Chrysler, Fiat, Peugeot and Citroen, is becoming a forerunner in the promising progress of a new type of vehicle battery.
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When temperatures soar and rain is absent from the forecast, your fruit trees may suffer from excessive water loss, sunburn on the leaves, and stunted growth, all of which can disrupt the likelihood of future harvests.
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The forecast is for sweltering temperatures and a possibility of rain.
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Always alert to mood swings, Hollywood this week is coping with some dauntingly positive portents.
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But there is reason for hope, because the season-one finale of Widow’s Bay is like a beacon in the dark, and all the signs and portents are lining up.
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With the 2025 college football season on the horizon, months of previewing and predicting soon will be in the rearview mirror.
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“Augury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augury. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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