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
The collapse of the crypto coins also foreshadowed the instability now facing equities.
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Shifting values in a firm’s headquarters community could foreshadow policy and regulatory changes, which may affect firm governance, policy, and operations: politicians, too, are motivated to address the issues that their voters care about, and regulatory changes can affect local businesses.
—Corinne Post, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Chase, 30, spoke to Newsweek about the incredible moment that foreshadowed a flourishing love.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Each chapter heading denotes a camera model and setting, foreshadowing what’s to come, as Rita tenaciously follows both the clues and the demands of those pesky spirits.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Shifting values in a firm’s headquarters community could foreshadow policy and regulatory changes, which may affect firm governance, policy, and operations: politicians, too, are motivated to address the issues that their voters care about, and regulatory changes can affect local businesses.
—Corinne Post, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Chase, 30, spoke to Newsweek about the incredible moment that foreshadowed a flourishing love.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Each chapter heading denotes a camera model and setting, foreshadowing what’s to come, as Rita tenaciously follows both the clues and the demands of those pesky spirits.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreshadow
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Analysts predict earnings of $0.72 per share with sales of $11.17 billion for the forthcoming report, compared to sales of $11.23 billion and earnings of $0.72 per share for the same quarter the previous year.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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No one predicted that diminutive quarterback Dillon Gabriel would go in the top 100 picks, but the Browns selected the Oregon passer at No. 94 Friday night.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 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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It is also prefigured (another Biblical device) by Pharaoh’s order, in Exodus, to kill all male babies born to Hebrew mothers.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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The business leaders’ statement implies that the region might be in danger of losing one or both teams, but neither has threatened to leave the Kansas City area.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2025
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Gentry implied that the growth sprang largely from American unexpectedly adding flights, which the airport is contractually obliged to accommodate, The Ledger reported.—
Ted Reed,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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It was heralded as a watershed moment, a legally binding document to transform a police department with a troubled history.—
Natasha Dartigue,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Apr. 2025
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The Commonwealth is heralded as a national bellwether, like clockwork every four years.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Trustees anticipate that Medicare will face a substantial financial shortfall.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Wind gusts of up to 50 mph and pea-sized hail (0.25 inches) are anticipated.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Apr. 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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Experts also foresee a rise in crimes, online harassment and diminished human agency and new challenges in security.—
Hessie Jones,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Wind gusts of up to 40 mph and marble-sized hail (0.5 inches) are foreseen.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Apr. 2025
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