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The phrase "portend well" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that something is likely to turn out to be successful or favorable. For example, "The early test results portend well for the success of the project."
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Does that portend well for Murray?
The immediate future, though, is daunting, which does not portend well for Coach Rex Ryan.
"There's weak demand, which just does not portend well for the coming quarters," he said.
Belmont's offensive success does not portend well for Duke against bigger and faster teams.
The recent history of the type does not portend well for them.
Nevertheless, the result of that trial did not portend well for the accused soldiers.
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"I had a really warm reception," Mr. Daschle said Friday in an interview, and he said it portended well for the future tone.
Though a Bafta win portends well for the film's chances at the Oscars, Mr. Perez still wasn't convinced that this academy would be quite as open-minded, especially considering that costume awards often go to favorite designers, he said.
Dr. Rigual-Lynch's classic brown pumps match her classic brown pantsuit; her pale blue eyeshadow matches her pale blue sweater -- none of which portends well for rambling and unchartered discourse.
None of this portends well for the U.S. business environment.
Successful (if not necessarily sustainable) development of the Arctic portends well for the development of Antarctica.
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