as in to predict
to give a slight indication of beforehand
a series of small tremors that foreshadowed the massive earthquake the next day
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Recent Examples of foreshadow
Her property ownership foreshadowed the later Black communities that would form in Boston’s Beacon Hill.
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
Big contrasts also can be seen in the times of their prominence, although both emerged at the end of their respective epochs and foreshadowed elements of what was to come.
—Robert W. Merry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
That reputation foreshadows the series’ fetish for both-sidesism and centrist consensus, at one point explicitly equating the right’s embrace of blatant untruths with the left’s enthusiasm for pronouns.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
Stylistically, The Interrogation foreshadows the conventions that would characterize Wang’s later works.
—Philip Tinari, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
Big contrasts also can be seen in the times of their prominence, although both emerged at the end of their respective epochs and foreshadowed elements of what was to come.
—Robert W. Merry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
That reputation foreshadows the series’ fetish for both-sidesism and centrist consensus, at one point explicitly equating the right’s embrace of blatant untruths with the left’s enthusiasm for pronouns.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
Stylistically, The Interrogation foreshadows the conventions that would characterize Wang’s later works.
—Philip Tinari, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreshadow
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Over the winter, The Athletic predicted a 2-year, $26 million deal for Verdugo.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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In the first two months of the year, core inflation, which excludes volatile items such as food and energy, is estimated to have risen by just 0.3%, Macquarie’s Hu said, predicting that this would mark the longest deflationary streak since 1993.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
21 Mar. 2025
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The widescreen, 35mm format prefigured IMAX and other high-density imagery in a way that still stuns on screen.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
31 Jan. 2025
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The Page Act prefigured the near-total ban on Chinese immigration to the U.S. seven years later, with the Exclusion Act of 1882—the country’s first federal law to restrict a group on the basis of race.—
Jane Hu,
The New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2025
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This doesn’t imply that diplomatic options are lost.—
Matthew Clary,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2025
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Jonas’ price target of $430 implies shares can rebound 93.6% over the next year from Monday’s closing level.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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Dalman, 26, just reached the end of his rookie contract with the Atlanta Falcons and is heralded as a smart, steady lineman who can be an asset as a run blocker.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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But investing less than 2% of GDP now could eliminate most of those losses, according to a report from Boston Consulting Group and the University of Cambridge (Forbes) Membrane could herald more sustainable lithium extraction.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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If boundaries are the weak point, anticipate ways to stave off interruptions – for example, hanging a Do Not Disturb sign on your cubicle.—
Caroline Ceniza-Levine,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The company anticipates more imports will be diverted to Birmingham and Manchester.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Mar. 2025
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In between, works by contemporaries complicate superficial ideas about his meteoric genius, and small, delicate drawings teem with an abundance of ideas — paintings never made, thoughts adumbrated then abandoned.—
Philip Kennicott,
Washington Post,
18 Oct. 2019
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Nothing in America’s tepid 19th-century contributions to European classical music adumbrated it; nor did the homely and sometimes hokey popular songs of Stephen Foster.—
Heather Mac Donald,
National Review,
22 Aug. 2019
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Mango invested 219 million euros in its expansion efforts last year, out of the 600 million euros foreseen through 2026.—
David Moin,
WWD,
10 Mar. 2025
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Others foresee the product being diluted with countless streaming spinoff series.—
Colin Burnett,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Foreshadow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreshadow. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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