plural auguries
1
: divination from auspices (see auspice sense 3) or omens
Ancient augury involved the interpretation of the flight patterns of birds.
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: an instance of this
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Examples of augury in a Sentence
a yearbook augury that of all the graduates, he would be the most likely to succeed
some people believe that a broken mirror is an augury of seven years' bad luck
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These signs seem to confirm Sahm’s augury that the economy remains healthy.
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David Thomas, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
The auguries were not favorable for a Pétain acquittal.
—Robert O. Paxton, Harper's Magazine, 17 Dec. 2023
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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With this new investor, the augury for the cigar industry is good.
—Nicholas Foulkes, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2023
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David Thomas, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
The auguries were not favorable for a Pétain acquittal.
—Robert O. Paxton, Harper's Magazine, 17 Dec. 2023
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
With this new investor, the augury for the cigar industry is good.
—Nicholas Foulkes, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2023
See all Example Sentences for augury
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“Augury.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/augury. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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