Thesaurus results for FORESHADOWED

foreshadowed

verb

past tense of foreshadow

as in predicted

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 foreshadowed 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 But a narrow overtime loss to the Detroit Lions in the season opener foreshadowed the difficult road ahead. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Her life with George Harrison was foreshadowed by a visit to a gallery in Rome. — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026 The novel, published in 1988, foreshadowed the career to come by taking on, with disarming frankness, everything from child abuse to transracial adoption. — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Doing this for any longer is dangerous, a fact Brown foreshadowed throughout his final months in charge. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 There wasn’t mention of the drubbing that the Rams took in its opener against the 49ers, but that was perhaps foreshadowed by McVay during his interview. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026 Katie Mattic's dream and the crack in the chimney, her daughters say, foreshadowed the fracture that was to come. — Nicole Avery Nichols, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Last year's hearing foreshadowed today's battle The project has been steeped in controversy. — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026

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Many outsiders predicted this would be a breakout season for Jim Harbaugh, in his third season as head coach.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
New medicines, technologies and entire industries emerge from research with applications that often could not have been predicted at the outset.

— Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of predicted

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Election Day is here, heralded for months by the political signs that popped up on lawns across California.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
While past anniversary shows have heralded iO alumni who made the jump from stage to screen, IO45 will be shining a light on the performers who keep the comedy going nightly on Kingsbury Street.

— Ryan P. C. Trimble, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of heralded

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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
In July 1962, Froio prefigured her lifelong involvement with the Hamptons by writing a piece for WWD about what was selling at the boutiques in West Hampton, commenting on the merchandise at stores called Le Sorelle (The Sisters) and Treasure Trove.

— Lorna Koski, Footwear News, 11 June 2026

Definition of prefigured

Verb

But when Franklyn eventually attempted to discuss the night with Portnoy and the Barstool executive team, no one seemed as worried as Cooper had implied, Franklyn wrote.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2026
The path for monetary policy remains in focus, especially after Friday's blowout payrolls report showed that hourly wages continue to grow and implied that the job market is holding up.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of implied

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Zelnick said CrowdStrike should see even more near-term upside, particularly as its total addressable market seems to be much larger than previously anticipated.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
Further south, portions of the Delta and the San Joaquin Valley, especially near Modesto, are also likely to see some showers mid-afternoon Tuesday, although not as intense as those anticipated between Santa Rosa and Sacramento.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026

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