The word presage has appeared in 29 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Feb. 27 in “Oscars 2025 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress?” by Kyle Buchanan. The article identifies “twists and turns” in determining which movie would likely win the award for Best Picture:
Then “Anora,” a front-runner that was utterly shut out at January’s Golden Globes, scored top prizes from the producers, directors and writers guilds.
Those wins usually presage a best picture victory, especially because the producers guild uses a preferential ballot similar to the Academy’s. But in the late going, another contender began to surge as “Conclave” took the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards (where “Anora” was once again shut out) as well as best film honors at the BAFTAs, the British equivalent to the Oscars.
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