foreseeable

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Recent Examples of foreseeable The federal government is likely to shut down at midnight for the foreseeable future, and Republicans and Democrats are miles apart on a deal. Cate Martel, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025 The plan allows Israel to keep its boots on the ground in much of Gaza for the foreseeable future, which raises uncertainty about how Hamas might react. Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025 Sadly, the effort to relocate those mice turned out to be a daily routine with no foreseeable end. Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025 Adames, Chapman, Devers, Eldridge, Ramos and Jung Hoo Lee are under team control for the foreseeable future. Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreseeable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreseeable
Adjective
  • That change was inevitable given the high-quality matchups on the last weekend of September.
    Erick Smith, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Wole’s infidelity is an important inciting incident, but this moment of personal reckoning was inevitable.
    Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The result is a smooth airflow that keeps the parachute steady and its descent highly predictable, even under varying conditions.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Keep in mind that the Grammys are the least predictable of all the major entertainment awards, with usually at least one or two picks in each major category that no one saw coming.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s legal bill for her high-stakes congressional hearing on sanctuary cities last March has increased by $100,000, to bring the city’s total expected spending on the matter to a whopping $750,000.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The song could be included in an expected Aaliyah album.
    Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Fed’s move will also lower interest rates on personal loans, so now might be the time for a debt consolidation loan, which would replace your existing card balance with a lower, fixed rate.
    Ryley Amond,Dan Avery, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The snug drawstring closure and four fixed buckles that attach to each chair leg help keep the cover from blowing away in the wind while keeping dirt and debris out.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That feeling of walking into a room and having people turn to you with a predetermined respect.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Uber also penalizes its drivers who cancel trips and can deactivate their accounts if cancellation frequency reaches a predetermined threshold, the complaint states.
    Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Foreseeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreseeable. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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