as in preceded
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 Synonyms for foregone
Adjective
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The Panel brings together farmers, policymakers, and civil society to advance practical reforms and shape international policy building on the momentum of past initiatives such as the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change.—
Carlos Alvarado Quesada,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026 -
In years past, heavyweights like Copenhagen’s AOC, Koks from the Faroe Islands, Reykjavík’s Dill, and Portugal’s Vistas Rui Silvestre have all danced through its doors.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In a special event this year, the 2026 edition will be immediately preceded by the opening of the festival’s new year-round hub, La Cité internationale du cinéma d’animation.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
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But Baron von Steuben’s reputation preceded him.—
Amanda Rosa
Updated April 28,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Quantum technologies have made those challenges and others symbols of a bygone era.—
David Awschalom,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The recipe comes from a bygone department store called Miller & Rhoads.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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With input from food historian Pushpesh Pant, chef Vijay Sahi has designed three tasting menus that reimagine the culinary whims of the erstwhile royals from across India.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Her father is musician and writer David Turin, an erstwhile editor of mine some three decades ago.—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The royal pair is set to spend time at the nation's capital, including a formal state dinner at the White House and an address to a joint session of Congress, before venturing to other nearby states.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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On Saturday, Moscow pummeled the central city of Dnipro and other areas for more than twenty hours with barrages of missiles and drones, killing at least seven people.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Two former players were deemed permanently ineligible to participate in NCAA play after the governing body found them in violation of potential game manipulation for sports betting.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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This is Anunoby’s third postseason with the Knicks, who acquired him in the December 2023 trade that sent former first-round picks RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley to the Toronto Raptors.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Serpell is also a sometime film critic for the Review, contributing considerations of Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther, Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You, Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite, and a bravura essay about Émile Zola and the movie Zola.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Apr. 2026
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Schnabel — who watched the film near the front of the theater while sitting with pal Tom Waits, the musician and sometime actor who lives in Sonoma County — addressed the walkouts immediately as the post-film discussion moderated by Sundance Film Festival Director Eugene Hernandez began.—
G. Allen Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The internet’s onetime lovably messy provocateur has indeed turned over a new leaf, personally and professionally, and entered her Brand Safe era.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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Also with a local connection are a ceramic sculpture by John Mason, a onetime Pomona College art instructor, and two paintings by Alfredo Ramos Martinez, muralist at Scripps College.—
David Allen,
Daily News,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Foregone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foregone. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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