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foreknowing

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noun

foreknowing

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verb

present participle of foreknow

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Verb
  • Giuseppe’s fluent English also helped refine his instinct for anticipating luxury jewelry trends, while enhancing his ability to develop designs that resonate with luxury consumers and retailers.
    Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Those anticipating a life-sized Prince hologram or an interactive experience of his Minnesota life should lower their expectations before visiting.
    Hannah Brueske, Twin Cities, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • In the wake of Friday’s abysmal jobs report , investors are scrambling to understand whether the loss of 92,000 jobs in February was a blip or a foretelling of more payroll cuts to come as t he adoption of AI by corporations increases .
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Arsenal anticipated potential managerial changes at rival clubs, foreseeing the departure of Jurgen Klopp from Liverpool, among others.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 May 2026
  • The survey is an indicator of companies foreseeing good conditions minus those feeling pessimistic.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Two forecasting centers - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Colorado State University (CSU) - are forecasting below-normal activity for the 2026 season, primarily due to a rapidly developing strong El Nino.
    Cutter Martin, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • Let the machines handle forecasting, logistics, compliance, customer service.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 2026
Adjective
  • Instead, text produced by large language models, however remarkable, sophisticated, and even occasionally wondrous, is derivative, average, predictable.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • And all that is thanks to this wondrous and wonderful album by The Cars!
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • With the 2025 college football season on the horizon, months of previewing and predicting soon will be in the rearview mirror.
    Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Dylan’s custom Fender Stratocaster reflects both his extraordinary creativity and the pioneering spirit of the American guitar maker.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 June 2026
  • Are Henry James’s heroines, surely among the most extraordinary female characters in literary history, really one-dimensional idols?
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • The second part centers on tarot as a tool of divination and creative inspiration, beginning with the iconic 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck and moving on to art works from the twentieth century into the present day.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
  • Diamond Seas presents plunderphonics as a form of divination, akin to spirit photography or automatic writing.
    Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Foreknowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreknowing. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.

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