as in preceded
to go or come before in time
if the sparse crowds are any indication of the public's interest in the presidential candidate, then his reputation obviously foregoes him
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foregone
Adjective
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Prosecutors also cited Cortez Johnson's prior probation violations, failures to appear, and past convictions.—
Chelsea Jones,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026 -
In past years, pushing issues to the next meeting had been a tool the NFL used to win the day because the May meeting allowed league personnel to lobby owners in favor of their measures, knowing coaches and general managers would not attend that next meeting.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The announcement, which was preceded by a series of cryptic posts from the singer, comes over five years after her last major solo concert.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Even Palumbo, who in January approved Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s application to intervene in the Hursh case, likened the Hursh matter to many cases that preceded it.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoma Watch,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This means that even Gehry’s most recent work can already seem to belong to a bygone era.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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That is a relic of a bygone era.—
Suzanne Schneider,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Still, the erstwhile tax credit made the cars more accessible.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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This includes an erstwhile Democrat who spent considerable time and political capital on the issue.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Sure, a lot of other stuff has to go right for the Royals to return to contention, including keeping their pitching staff healthy and progress by Caglianone and fellow promising rookie Carter Jensen.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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Crews set fire to trees, grease and various other objects to try out the capabilities.—
Joy Benedict,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Pretti and former Kansas City resident Renée Good were both killed in January.—
Matthew Kelly
April 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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Rubio met with the grandson of former Cuban leader Raul Castro in February.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Schnabel — who watched the film near the front of the theater while sitting with pal Tom Waits, the musician and sometime actor who lives in Sonoma County — addressed the walkouts immediately as the post-film discussion moderated by Sundance Film Festival Director Eugene Hernandez began.—
G. Allen Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Mar. 2026
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If the album positions them in the lineage of sometime tourmates Modest Mouse and the Flaming Lips, Something Worth Waiting For sounds less like a swing for the big time than a merry jaunt into its general vicinity, happy to pick up any alt-rock lifers who’ll come.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Hims is an everyday treatment, not a onetime cure.—
Rebecca Strong,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Future programming will be overseen by Andria Hickey, onetime chief curator of the Shed, with an advisory team comprising museum leaders Thelma Golden, Michael Govan, Clara Kim, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Anne Pasternak, and Akili Tommasino.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Foregone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foregone. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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