Question of the Day #1231

Is Maryland’s New Higher Ed Privacy Law a Harbinger of Things to Come?

From the headline of this article at EdTech.

  上記の文で、a harbinger of things to comeの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "a harbinger of things to come" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

これから起こることの前兆［前触れ］

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Something that is indicative of what will happen or become popular in the future.

 

Examples

1. As a way to create empathy with a subject, it's definitely a harbinger of things to come. From TechCrunch
2. She said the long pants were a one-time experiment, not necessarily a harbinger of things to come. From ESPN
3. That merger combined a bank with an insurance company, a harbinger of bad things to come in the risk area. From Huffington Post
4. I think this trend is a harbinger of things to come, but there's no way to know for sure.
5. Please tell me that this dip in the stock market isn't a harbinger of things to come.

   

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