Thesaurus results for FORESHADOW

foreshadow

verb

fȯr-ˈsha-(ˌ)dō

Definition of foreshadow

as in to prefigure

to give a slight indication of beforehand a series of small tremors that foreshadowed the massive earthquake the next day

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Recent Examples of foreshadow When asked if these renovations are foreshadowing an upcoming announcement — perhaps of Charlotte hosting a Super Bowl — Coleman said no plans are currently in place. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026 The show opens by foreshadowing a past disaster involving the lighting fixture at the Paris Opéra House, which comes to fruition at the end of Act 1 when the titular Phantom sends it crashing in a climactic fit of rage. — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 Computer system problems foreshadow trouble as states prepare to roll out the most significant and complicated changes to their Medicaid programs in years. — Rachana Pradhan, NPR, 20 July 2026 California may foreshadow what’s to come with minimum wages for the rest of the country. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for foreshadow

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Other Black families tried to hold on under the new regime but ultimately found Wilmington untenable and moved north, joining a local exodus that prefigured the Great Migration.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
Over the course of one phantasmagoric evening, Robin witnesses events that prefigure the Revolutionary War.

— John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026

Definition of prefigure

Verb

The system predicts robot actions by pairing the video model with an action decoder that converts visual predictions into executable robot movements.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
Economists predicted up to $84 trillion in assets could change hands over 20 years as boomers die and pass on their wealth.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of predict

Verb

But when two students are interacting with one another, Pfefferkorn noted that implies some level of institutional responsibility.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Jefferies initiated research coverage of the financial services company with a buy on Friday, setting a price target of $760, implying almost 22% upside from Monday’s close.

— Assiatou Hann, CNBC, 21 July 2026

Definition of imply

Verb

The positive outlook is that wide-scale humanoid adoption will herald an unprecedented era of global abundance, automating mundane and dangerous labor while ushering in post-scarcity societies.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 July 2026
Award-winning bagpiper Aaron Shaw heralded the groom’s arrival, a profound tribute to his family’s Scottish lineage and nod to Davis being an accomplished bagpiper himself.

— Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of herald

Verb

Now Iran keeps opening and closing it, and together with Oman, the Arab nation on the other side of the strait, is anticipating charging tolls.

— Ron Kampeas, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
Service is highly personalized and accessible with the touch of a button, with butlers trained to anticipate and respond to guest needs and preferences.

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of anticipate

Verb

In between, works by contemporaries complicate superficial ideas about his meteoric genius, and small, delicate drawings teem with an abundance of ideas — paintings never made, thoughts adumbrated then abandoned.

— Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
Nothing in America’s tepid 19th-century contributions to European classical music adumbrated it; nor did the homely and sometimes hokey popular songs of Stephen Foster.

— Heather Mac Donald, National Review, 22 Aug. 2019

Definition of adumbrate

Verb

But although few, then, could possibly have foreseen the cataclysm of the twentieth-century wars, the hatred was already there in the anti-semitism of old France, in the divisions over Dreyfus.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
On this occasion, here came a controversy few could have foreseen.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 July 2026

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