AUSPICE Definition & Meaning

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auspice

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noun

plural auspices

Usually auspices. patronage; support; sponsorship:
under the auspices of the Department of Education.
Often auspices. a favorable sign or propitious circumstance.
a divination or prognostication, originally from observing birds.

auspice

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noun

usually plural patronage or guidance (esp in the phrase under the auspices of )
often plural a sign or omen, esp one that is favourable

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of auspice¹

First recorded in 1525–35; from French, from Latin auspicium “a bird-watching, divination from flight of birds,” equivalent to auspic- (stem of auspex ) + -ium -ium

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of auspice¹

C16: from Latin auspicium augury from birds; see auspex

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After Vladimir Putin had proposed replacing President Volodymyr Zelensky's administration with "external governance" in Ukraine under the auspices of the UN, President Trump made it known that he was "angry" with Putin.

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Another provision of the decree appears to take action to restore monuments to Confederate leaders on federal land under the auspices of rejecting “anti-American ideology.”

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Doing this under the auspices of reducing waste and fraud sounds like a good thing.

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Under the false auspices of "efficiency," he's slashing workers at random and targeting entire departments that happen to have the power to hold his businesses accountable for law-breaking.

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