as in foresaw
to realize or know about beforehand
it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him
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Recent Examples of divined
That icky moment was indeed a truth from Mescal, which O'Connor easily divined.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divined
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As for the rest of our readers’ predictions, 20% foresaw the grand prize going to freestyler Chris Turner, while 14% threw their support behind Jourdan Blue‘s velvety voice and even velvetier hair.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
24 Sep. 2025
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Our own Founding Fathers foresaw this danger.—
Carolyn McKinney,
Boston Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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Soundside flooding with minor impacts are anticipated later today through at least Wednesday.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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But this line of research, too, has turned out to be far less revelatory than anticipated.—
Eric Turkheimer,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2025
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These future tests could help uncover space-time fluctuations predicted by some quantum gravity models and shed light on the interplay between dark matter, vacuum energy, and gravitational fields.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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The results indicate that global trade with Africa has been more resilient than economists had predicted following the imposition of US tariffs, with the continent’s largest international exporter — South Africa — still facing 30% tariffs on exports to the US.—
Paige Bruton,
semafor.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Divined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divined. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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