foreseeable

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Recent Examples of foreseeable There are altruistic reasons to visit Molotov Kitschen + Cocktails, a Ukrainian restaurant directly facing Colfax Avenue street construction for the foreseeable future. Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026 Osta indicated there are no increases planned for the foreseeable future. Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026 Negotiators are showing few signs of backing down from their demands, and there’s little holding back talks from dragging on for the foreseeable future. Al Weaver, The Hill, 17 Feb. 2026 Prepare to spot me in this flattering style for the foreseeable future. Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foreseeable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreseeable
Adjective
  • Here are the sober facts, along with the best alternative scenarios that could avoid this seemingly inevitable fate.
    Big Think, Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Many residents don’t deny that, under such extreme conditions and after the fire reached a certain scale and ferocity, the destruction became inevitable — and there are many who would just like to move on from January 2025.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • There's the long foreseen Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown)-versus-Vecna face-off, coupled with a dramatic Godzilla-sized ensemble fight.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Trump’s actions, those foreseen and those unforeseen, are creating immense opportunities for change.
    Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • However, this predictable behavior breaks down during ultra-high-speed deformation that occurs in mere fractions of a microsecond.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Almost all the Indian adaptations of Wuthering Heights fall on the side of depicting the Heathcliff character as a wronged lover who is ultimately in the right; here’s one that leans more toward his villainy, resulting in something slightly less predictable, if still quite silly at times.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Despite the lower expected future tax rate of 24%, the conversion would have yielded $2,000 more, Vanguard said.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The league said her expected timeline for recovery is four to six months, which could run into the start of the Minnesota Lynx’s season.
    Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Retirement age has been rising across the board for decades, although estimates range because there's no fixed definition for retirement.
    Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The film makes clear that the organization is exclusively the province of white, Anglo-Saxon men, and possible initiates are only tapped when the small, fixed group of existing members die.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The Winnebago System supports an annual spearing season that runs for a maximum of 16 days or until any of the predetermined harvest caps have been met.
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, jsonline.com, 14 Feb. 2026
  • As the name suggests, a prescribed fire is when a predetermined area is purposely burned under certain pre-planned conditions.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2026

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“Foreseeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreseeable. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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