foregoing
adjective
fore·go·ing
fȯr-ˈgō-iŋ 
-ˈgȯ(-)iŋ
: listed, mentioned, or occurring before
the foregoing statement can be proven
Let me elaborate on the foregoing paragraph.
Examples of foregoing in a Sentence
your foregoing statement contradicts your latest one
for the foregoing reasons, I believe that we have no choice but to deliver a guilty verdict
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That is consistent with a shift observed in March last year among seniors, which authorities theorized could be driven by less severe disease in hospitals or more foregoing hospital care.
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 4 May 2023
City dwellers are increasingly foregoing car ownership.
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2019
The image below shows what is perhaps the key element that helped tie all the foregoing aspects together.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
As seen, in all of the foregoing 20-year periods surveyed, the stock index possessed average annual returns exceeding that of the rate of inflation.
—Dan Cupkovic, Forbes, 16 June 2022
The daily average is also now a significant undercount, with most people testing positive on rapid tests that go unreported or foregoing testing altogether.
—Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 31 May 2022
To those of you that are seriously immersed in the AI field, none of this foregoing pronouncement is surprising or raises any eyebrows.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 May 2022
That should help doctors and patients feel more comfortable foregoing radiation after thyroid surgery, Leboulleux said.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 10 Mar. 2022
None of the foregoing discussion is intended to imply that collaboration tools are inherently evil or unable to deliver productivity benefits.
—Mark Settle, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 4 May 2023
City dwellers are increasingly foregoing car ownership.
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2019
The image below shows what is perhaps the key element that helped tie all the foregoing aspects together.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
As seen, in all of the foregoing 20-year periods surveyed, the stock index possessed average annual returns exceeding that of the rate of inflation.
—Dan Cupkovic, Forbes, 16 June 2022
The daily average is also now a significant undercount, with most people testing positive on rapid tests that go unreported or foregoing testing altogether.
—Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 31 May 2022
To those of you that are seriously immersed in the AI field, none of this foregoing pronouncement is surprising or raises any eyebrows.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 May 2022
That should help doctors and patients feel more comfortable foregoing radiation after thyroid surgery, Leboulleux said.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 10 Mar. 2022
None of the foregoing discussion is intended to imply that collaboration tools are inherently evil or unable to deliver productivity benefits.
—Mark Settle, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
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“Foregoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foregoing. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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foregoing
adjective
fore·go·ing
fōr-ˈgō-iŋ
fȯr-
: going before : preceding
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