as in foreseen
to realize or know about beforehand
what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring?
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Young adults with disabilities have much to offer that could not have been foreseen in advance.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025 -
Malthus may not have foreseen the developments that fueled human growth over the past two centuries.—
Roy Scranton,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Sep. 2025
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Through their actions, humanity’s relationship to day and night was reinvented – often in ways that Edison never could have anticipated.—
Ernest Freeberg,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
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His instincts anticipated the figurative starter’s pistol.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Foreknown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreknown. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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