as in promised
to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome
her natural gift for reading boded well for her future in school
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Recent Examples of boded
But Graham does fit an archetype of front-office construction that has boded well for other organizations, particularly in his willingness to invest in a more modern approach to roster building.
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
That boded well for a 2008 conversation at Seiller's home.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
Last year’s first-round pick, defensive tackle Kenneth Grant and second-round pick, guard Jonah Savaiinaea, along with a slew of late-round finds, can get a full offseason of development, which boded well for Paul going into his second season.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
The credit analyst said August retail sales boded well for the remainder of the bts period, which typicall runs through the end of September.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
That boded well for a 2008 conversation at Seiller's home.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
Last year’s first-round pick, defensive tackle Kenneth Grant and second-round pick, guard Jonah Savaiinaea, along with a slew of late-round finds, can get a full offseason of development, which boded well for Paul going into his second season.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
The credit analyst said August retail sales boded well for the remainder of the bts period, which typicall runs through the end of September.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boded
promised
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Observers say their prosecution and the disappearance of the vigil symbolized the decline in freedoms that Beijing had promised when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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Karpathy was one of several OpenAI employees Musk borrowed from OpenAI to do months of free work at Tesla, where the development of self-driving vehicles wasn’t going as quickly as promised.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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“Boded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boded. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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