foreseeable

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Recent Examples of foreseeable The Panthers want to contend for a playoff spot — and beyond — for the foreseeable future after finally breaking through with an NFC South division crown in 2025. Mike Kaye february 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026 Adoption of new textbooks for the subject would be off the table for the foreseeable future, the textbook committee decided Friday. Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 9 Feb. 2026 Final amounts have not been announced for 2026, but Bistodeau said the city expects to receive about $1 million annually for the foreseeable future. Mars King, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026 So Flagg, albeit a teenager, is The Man now and for the foreseeable future. Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foreseeable
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Adjective
  • Why solar and lunar eclipses come in pairs Once an eclipse season begins, a pair of eclipses becomes almost inevitable.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • When particles interact, entanglement is inevitable.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • There's the long foreseen Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown)-versus-Vecna face-off, coupled with a dramatic Godzilla-sized ensemble fight.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Trump’s actions, those foreseen and those unforeseen, are creating immense opportunities for change.
    Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Far from a rupture in the history of knowledge, artificial intelligence is the predictable outcome of a process in which thought was formalized, made transferable, and ultimately rendered executable without us.
    Big Think, Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Precision motor drivers, meanwhile, ensure transparent, stable, and highly predictable joint behavior.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • In this context, refusal is not treated as a malfunction, but as an expected part of how the technology is meant to function.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The league said her expected timeline for recovery is four to six months, which could run into the start of the Minnesota Lynx’s season.
    Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The film makes clear that the organization is exclusively the province of white, Anglo-Saxon men, and possible initiates are only tapped when the small, fixed group of existing members die.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
  • There’s little the central bank can do about that because fixed mortgage rates, specifically, don’t directly track the Fed but typically follow the lead of long-term Treasury rates.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • As the name suggests, a prescribed fire is when a predetermined area is purposely burned under certain pre-planned conditions.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Of course, these lines of inquiry are wholly blocked if the agents remain masked and thus functionally invisible, and investigations are controlled and steered to a predetermined conclusion.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026

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“Foreseeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreseeable. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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