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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Francesca is visibly flustered in Michaela’s presence, foreshadowing a future connection.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
30 Jan. 2026 -
Their Greatest Hits also holds another unique place in popular music history as the first record to receive an RIAA platinum certification in 1976, foreshadowing its status in 2026.—
Prof. Mike Alleyne Ph.D,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Next, the researchers aim to improve their technique further, with the goal of predicting not only when solar activity will intensify, but also where on the sun’s surface active regions are likely to form.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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In addition to Oklahoma, the agency is predicting that all of Kansas, much of Texas and parts of Colorado and New Mexico will receive above-average chances of wildfires in America's central region.—
Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
31 Jan. 2026
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Soon however, surveillance images of US cities appear on-screen (recognizable in part by storefront signs for brands like Marshalls, M&M’s World, and Coca-Cola), implying that the audience, too, could become components of images to be segmented, categorized, and fed into AI training datasets.—
Farren Fei Yuan,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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Citi also maintained its price target of $650, implying nearly 29% upside for Spotify from Thursday's close.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Before Penelope and Colin's love story played out on season 3, fans were already anticipating the best friends coupling up.—
Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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Attorneys wrote that the team induced coaches to terminate their agreements with MVSC and join the Sporting umbrella, anticipating that players would follow them.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2026
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Mercedes pulled the wraps off the 2027 S500 4Matic, S580 4Matic, and S580e 4Matic today, heralding a not completely new, but largely refreshed, nipped, and tucked version of the German automaker’s flagship sedan.—
Jerry Perez,
The Drive,
29 Jan. 2026
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In heralding the occasion with this exclusive interview, the always engaging historian adds a distinguished grace note to the retrospective tone of City & Shore magazine’s 25th Anniversary Issue.—
Greg Carannante,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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The designer wrote his master’s thesis on wearables, foreseeing how smart clothing and other technologies could become part of daily life even before wireless technologies like Wifi and Bluetooth were standard.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Since 2021, these companies have collaborated on research and development concerning sub-terahertz devices, foreseeing the dawn of the 6G era.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Adumbrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adumbrating. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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