Thesaurus results for ADUMBRATING

adumbrating

verb

present participle of adumbrate

as in foreshadowing

to give a slight indication of beforehand the strife in Bloody Kansas in the 1850s adumbrated the civil war that would follow

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In retrospect, this sounds like foreshadowing … or at least a good omen.

— Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Moore’s wartime Shelter Drawings depict families sheltering in the London Underground during air raids, while foreshadowing the abstract, organic forms of his later sculpture.

— Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of foreshadowing

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Many climate scientists are predicting that 2027 — because of pent up heat — will break the 2024 global high temperature record set by the last strong El Nino.

— Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 9 July 2026
This independence from linear order is incompatible with an LLM’s fundamental purpose of predicting the next value in a linear sequence.

— Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 9 July 2026

Definition of predicting

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While the administration had urged the court to only decide for now that bans are allowed and not get into whether they’re required, officials are already anticipating the next round.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 8 July 2026
For four years, Americans and soccer fans all over the world have been anticipating the world’s biggest sporting event taking place in the United States.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026

Definition of anticipating

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By summer 1781, the states had ratified the Articles of Confederation, heralding the new federal government but making no provisions to abolish slavery.

— New York Times, New York Times, 22 June 2026
There has been an outpouring of support on social media for those who stopped to help, heralding their bravery and selflessness.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 June 2026

Definition of heralding

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Nevertheless, Patel remains optimistic, foreseeing a future where human creativity and critical thinking combine with AI's potential for endless possibilities.

— Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
The survey is an indicator of companies foreseeing good conditions minus those feeling pessimistic.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of foreseeing

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