Synonyms for portends
por·tends

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1. List of paraphrases for "portends":

   presages, foreshadows, heralds

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1. Ben Ginsberg:

   Supreme Court has made clear that partisan gerrymanders are not justiciable, if [ the Alabama dispute ] portends Voting Rights Act, then that restraint on gerrymandering is gone. That would leave little but state law grounds to stop gerrymanderers from implementing their most creative thoughts.

2. Bradley Singer:

   There is little evidence that this current decrease in field strength, or the rapid shift in position of the north pole, reflect behavior that portends a polarity reversal is imminent during the next 2,000 years.

3. Michael Schaefer:

   I don't think that necessarily portends mass unemployment in the restaurant industry, but it might certainly mean a reshuffling of where people are working.

4. Steven Einhorn:

   October portends nothing negative for 2015.

5. Joel Richardson:

   This portends to be the most significant new archaeological site in modern history.