foreshadower

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Noun
  • Cravats were a precursor to the modern necktie, which emerged in the late 19th and early 20th century.
    Kristopher Fraser, Robb Report, 20 June 2025
  • Real Madrid were among the favorites to win the first-of-its-kind tournament, which is a precursor to next year’s FIFA World Cup.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • This is, in part, explained by the institutional memory of the competition’s forerunner — the Intercontinental Cup — and the legendary battles of a bygone era.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • Another forerunner of today’s scene is Ansedonia, a hillside community of upscale homes near Capalbio that in the 1960s became popular with creative types from the Italian capital.
    Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Kent being put in the stocks was just a foretaste, which Lear himself understood.
    Nan Z. Da June 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
  • The Art Institute offered a foretaste of the collection through two exhibitions — one focused on Neoclassical paintings, the other on French Revolution-era drawings — in the fall.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • American reconnaissance flights over eastern Europe, for example, have offered Kyiv otherwise unattainable forewarning on Russian activity and assistance in targeting.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 19 June 2025
  • Norm Miller, University of San Diego YES: Consumers appreciate transparency and forewarning.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Following an appearance on the U.K. entrepreneur pitch show Dragons Den - modelled on Shark Tank - the company gained an angel investor (Stephen Bartlett) and a lot of publicity.
    Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Rob Reiner appears, as if from nowhere, as a heroic angel investor who seems heaven sent to help save the Bear.
    Marah Eakin, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • In 2012, the Wythe was a harbinger of things to come in Williamsburg.
    Katherine LaGrave, AFAR Media, 26 June 2025
  • Thus, the early activity in the Pacific isn't likely a harbinger of storms to come in the Atlantic.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • One of the elders rose from the church’s woven mats, walked to a small cabinet of lacquered wood, lifted its lid, and produced a large Israeli flag: this was the messenger’s gift.
    Pete McKenzie, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • The researchers then sought to gain a deeper understanding of the biology underlying the connection between melatonin secretion and ADHD symptoms by examining levels of the inflammatory messenger interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the children’s blood.
    Paul McClure June 09, New Atlas, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • One of the motorcycle outriders tackled the two protestors to the ground as the leading group of the men’s race ran past unobstructed.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Through the front doors — which boast double leather horse collars — the entryway features an equine sculpture placed on a piece that Churchill Downs outrider Lee Lockwood once had atop his horse.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 1 May 2024
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“Foreshadower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreshadower. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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