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 Debt, the deficit and high interest rates limit the government’s ability to increase spending and foreshadow disputes over how to fund campaign promises without jeopardizing social programs. — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026 Most notably, there’s a stash of pre-debut songs that show how broad his stylistic range was from the beginning, foreshadowing his later adventures in roots, country and pre-rock balladry. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026 When a doddering Joe Biden threatened the party’s hold on the White House and foreshadowed a 2024 congressional wipeout, Pelosi used her considerable influence to not so gently ease the president aside as Democrats’ nominee for the White House. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 What Paltrow and other Hollywood stars put on camera tends to foreshadow what the mass wellness market tries to sell next. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foreshadow

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On the city’s West Side, the site of storied clubs such as Silvio’s as well as the Maxwell Street Market, blues musicians developed a style of electric blues in the 1950s that typically included a horn section (prefiguring soul music).

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
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

Definition of prefigure

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In theory, testing virtual designs will cut down development cycles, predict equipment degradation, and avoid costly trial-and-error during physical builds.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
Pollsters have been predicting some GOP losses and in late October, CBS News' polling suggested Republicans could be on track to lose control of the House.

— S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of predict

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A lot of these orderly compositions soon give off the impression of a cage — if Mari Kusu’s performance as Takeshi’s mother, bristling with frustration, didn’t already imply as much.

— Kambole Campbell, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026
Indoor/outdoor doormats, as their name implies, have flexible-use designs.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of imply

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But rather than the usual micro-adjustments, the platform’s announcement of Features — allowing creators to upload horizontal videos of up to 90 minutes — heralds a more radical shift.

— Annie Corser, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
Written and produced by Luc Besson, the film heralds from director Barthélémy Grossmann.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of herald

Verb

These will include a next generation of landers the agency anticipates needing once humans have started to return to the moon regularly.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 2026
But there were delays that set back their timetable for opening, including significantly more repair work than originally anticipated.

— Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of anticipate

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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

Legislators in 1922 could not have foreseen the midcentury population boom or the severity of climate change.

— Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
The framers did not foresee the manipulation of maps to intentionally split Americans and their representatives into two disparate political identities.

— Dan Lipinski, Baltimore Sun, 27 Oct. 2026

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