as in to precede
to go or come before in time
if the sparse crowds are any indication of the public's interest in the presidential candidate, then his reputation obviously foregoes him
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Recent Examples of forego
This refers to foregoing traditional prenatal appointments, screenings, and other medical care throughout the entire pregnancy.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
To Brind’Amour, hockey maturity comes down to decision-making, foregoing hope plays for sure things, calculating risk on the fly and landing on the right side of that calculation more often than not.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 27 May 2026
For an entirely different trip that foregoes the sea, spend a few days wine tasting in Anderson Valley.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2026
Officials elected to forego the brief ignition after the ship’s engine failure during ascent.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2026
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Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
To Brind’Amour, hockey maturity comes down to decision-making, foregoing hope plays for sure things, calculating risk on the fly and landing on the right side of that calculation more often than not.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 27 May 2026
For an entirely different trip that foregoes the sea, spend a few days wine tasting in Anderson Valley.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2026
Officials elected to forego the brief ignition after the ship’s engine failure during ascent.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forego
precede
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The service The St Regis Butler service precedes itself and is a brand-wide offering.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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That’s the case for the group Cabral and some 35,000 other youth belong to, Hakuna, which started in the early 2010s in a Madrid parish when a group of college students set up a weekly hour of Eucharistic adoration, preceded by a short lecture and followed by a meetup at a local bar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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“Forego.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forego. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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