foregoers

noun

plural of foregoer
1
as in symptoms
one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another a nearly November snowfall that appears to be a disconcerting foregoer of the harsh winter facing us

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2
as in ancestors
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed not many people still have manual typewriters, the foregoers to word processors

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foregoers
  1. symptoms
  2. ancestors
  3. precursors
  4. forerunners
  5. angels
  6. predecessors
  7. signs
  8. prototypes
Noun
  • Clancy’s doctors took her on and off medications to treat the depression, which her attorney has said worsened her symptoms.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Staying informed about health can be helpful, but repeatedly searching for symptoms can reinforce anxiety, according to Pittenger.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 19 July 2026
Definition of symptoms
Noun
  • At some point in the mid-1850s, the river Padma suddenly carved a new path through the village of his ancestors in modern-day Bangladesh, flooding their homes and scattering them across the Indian subcontinent.
    — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • All across the United States, federal soldiers rounded up our Native American ancestors like cattle, pushing them into prison camps, many of which later became reservations.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Definition of ancestors
Noun
  • The faction’s precursors backed ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Muhammad’s son-in-law and cousin, immediately after Muhammad’s death in 632.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 July 2026
  • Comets are also rich with organic compounds that could serve as precursors for biochemistry.
    — Darryl Z. Seligman, Scientific American, 10 July 2026
Definition of precursors
Noun
  • Even the Hammurabi Code, a set of laws created by the sixth Babylonian king in approximately 1760 bce, established forerunners of today’s interest rate and minimum wage laws.
    — Chris Roush, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The Norwegian ended his season before the Olympics to further recover from a shoulder injury, but attended the finals as one of the forerunners, who test a course shortly before a race starts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of forerunners
Noun
  • Valor’s Antonio Gracias, HubSpot cofounders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah, and Cognition CEO Scott Wu are among the angels.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • Alongside Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz, Liu played one of the titular angels.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026
Definition of angels
Noun
  • Burnham is trying to do things differently, but whether that will be enough to avoid the same forces which have claimed his last six predecessors is not yet clear.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Andy Burnham will become the UK prime minister today, facing the same list of economic and political problems that undermined several predecessors.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of predecessors
Noun
  • There were no immediate, obvious signs of foul play or trauma on Wells’ body, Lynd told CNN.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • On Saturday, rescue crews aided by dogs and detectors found signs of life, confirming that at least one survivor was still trapped beneath the rubble.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Definition of signs
Noun
  • Beyond prototypes The A&D industry’s scaling gap reflects a coordination challenge.
    — Jean-Louis Rassineux, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • In traditional car manufacturing, skipping physical prototypes for 45,000 km of testing is practically unheard of.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 July 2026
Definition of prototypes
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