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Example sentences for: portends

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Many drug experts believe that teen drug use today portends a higher rate of adult drug addiction in a decade.
As a result, a new report showing growth in orders of electronic equipment, as well as petroleum products and transportation products, which the Wall Street Journal says portends healthy U.S. manufacturing activity in the coming months, means nothing right now.
Yesterday, by a 5-4 vote, the Court agreed, even though consumer advocates complain that this portends bad news for customers, who've benefited from the downward fee pressures credit unions provide.
A LAT front-pager distills scientists' early thoughts about what the Turkey earthquake portends for California's seismic future.
The HMO flight portends, says the Times , a return to skimping care for the poor and elderly.