Thesaurus results for HARBINGERS

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noun

plural of harbinger

as in forerunners

one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another her father's successful job interview was seen as a harbinger of better times to come

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verb

present tense third-person singular of harbinger

as in heralds

to give a slight indication of beforehand the hope that the housing slump does not harbinger a general economic recession

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The world looked to the social elite as the ultimate harbingers of style trends and sophistication, giving them a cultural cache and, in turn, a sense of power. — Moises Mendez Ii, InStyle, 29 June 2026 If canaries in coal mines were harbingers of safe conditions, surely piping plovers at Waukegan Beach mean the city is overcoming its polluted past. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026 In recent years, there have also been reports of vandalism and attacks on robotaxis and delivery robots, which some see as harbingers of a high-tech future not everyone asked for. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026 If nothing else, Kidman should rally the rest of her Big Little Lies castmates as a roving band of blonde soothsayers and harbingers of eternal sleep. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026 Along with asparagus, hearty leafy greens, peas, and ramps, garlic scapes are among the first harbingers of an entire season of garden fun ahead. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2026 If popular wine auction results are truly harbingers of pendulum swings in the world of wine, then Cabernet Franc is having a moment. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2026 At worst, communications can be harbingers of disaster or indifference if they’re not done effectively. — Pam Abrahamsson, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026 Shards of glass cut into my palms and shins, while the wind hurled sharp granules of ice into my face, harbingers of a storm that was already approaching from the west. — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026

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Margaret and Alice are the forerunners of Lucy and Ethel, and Shakespeare’s comedy, written expressly to entertain, gives us a sense of what an Elizabethan-era situation comedy might look like.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
One of the forerunners today in Madeira and the Azores is António Maçanita from Azores Wine Company.

— Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of forerunners

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For these locations, June’s solstice — which heralds astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere — is the winter solstice, not the summer solstice.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Of that total, 75 were by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, whose recent splashy IPO heralds how lucrative this next chapter of commercial spaceflight could be.

— Kaylah Jackson, NBC news, 29 June 2026

Definition of heralds

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Laboratory demonstrations have already shown production pathways for lubricant precursors, munition components, active pharmaceutical ingredients, bioplastics, and single-cell proteins.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
In this study, published last month in Science, researchers found that as mice got close to the end of their pregnancies, placental levels of NAD+ and its precursors dropped off fast.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 20 July 2026

Definition of precursors

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Most dramatically, five of the bodies were hung on a highway bridge, their half-nude corpses displaying signs of torture — a macabre display that recalled the worst days of the Mexican drug wars.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
Institutions and governments must invest long before crises unfold and continue funding past initial signs of success to ensure complete and lasting transformation.

— Jallicia Jolly, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of signs

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Most companies measure everything except the thing that actually predicts future performance.

— Nir Bashan, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
The drivers are aging demographics, a growing short- and long-sighted population, and the smart eyewear boom; Euromonitor predicts a 48% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to 2030 for the latter.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 July 2026

Definition of predicts

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Ongoing monitoring generates an enormous amount of information, including sleep, activity, heart rate, blood pressure, glucose, symptoms, medications, coaching notes, and changes in behavior.

— Billee Howard, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Research suggests women with ADHD enter perimenopause years earlier than those without the disorder and experience more severe symptoms during this menopausal transition.

— Maria Godoy, NPR, 26 July 2026

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