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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Wikler noted the show’s surge in viewership since Harris began her campaign, particularly around the 2015 Season 3 episode ‘Crate’, which seemed to foreshadow the Democratic nominee’s candidacy.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
Stunning, pure ruby color that foreshadowed the incredible purity of fruit on the palate with fresh blueberries and warm raspberries with an underlying minerality that brings this wine to another level of elegance.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The entire 23andMe board of independent directors resigned last month, a rare move in the business world that experts say foreshadows an unstable situation.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
Knowing this, Joy pivots slightly to fill us in on Purdy’s backstory, her own struggle with infertility and serious health issues that subtly foreshadow her early death at 39 (in 1985, outside the film’s timeframe).
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
Stunning, pure ruby color that foreshadowed the incredible purity of fruit on the palate with fresh blueberries and warm raspberries with an underlying minerality that brings this wine to another level of elegance.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The entire 23andMe board of independent directors resigned last month, a rare move in the business world that experts say foreshadows an unstable situation.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
Knowing this, Joy pivots slightly to fill us in on Purdy’s backstory, her own struggle with infertility and serious health issues that subtly foreshadow her early death at 39 (in 1985, outside the film’s timeframe).
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
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During Trump's first presidential run in 2016, 538 predicted on Election Day that his Democratic opponent former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a 77 percent chance of winning Pennsylvania as opposed to Trump's 23 percent chance.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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If Trump loses, Robinson predicts unrest on the right.Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
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The details are what captivate; chrome strips on the hood and sides, and exquisite chrome hood hinges prefiguring the decklid hinges on Ferrari’s 275 GTB/4.Robert Ross, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024
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Woody’s facial-recognition research in the 1960s prefigured all these technological breakthroughs and their queasy ethical implications.Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020
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The Penguin's Falcone is every bit the misogynistic brute, but his actions are relegated to the off-screen imagination by being implied, rather than shown.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Moreover, Musk predicted sales would rise by 20 or even 30 percent next year, implying a volume of around 2.3 million vehicles.Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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WandaVision heralded the era of MCU-set series influencing its big-screen stories; watching the show helped audiences understand what would happen in upcoming movies, and story lines and characters in the movies sprung directly from what happened on TV.Josef Adalian, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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The first book, covering 1936 to 1950 or so, showcases glamorous stars as well as the work that went into keeping their glamour mysterious; the second book focuses on the 1950s through 1972, when cultural shifts heralded more independence and diversity.Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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But those appearances were anticipated in advance, the candidates didn’t pop in days before the general election.Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
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While web3 integration does not seem absolutely required to participate in the gaming experience, analysts anticipate most players engaging with these features for the full gaming experience.Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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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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Few people foresaw the collapse of the housing market and the subsequent global economic meltdown.Gianluca Sidoti, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s budget for 2025 foresees a deficit of below 4%, saying that will ensure that Israel’s debt burden remains stable.David McHugh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
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