foreshadowers

noun

plural of foreshadower
as in precursors

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  1. precursors
  2. forerunners
  3. angels
  4. heralds
  5. harbingers
  6. outriders
  7. messengers
Noun
  • Essentially, this transition marks the point where our cells are set up with the precursors required for organ formation, one of the most critical events in human development.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 June 2026
  • Earth-impacting shrapnel from those primordial upheavals may have helped seed our planet with the precursors for life, delivering water and organic compounds from the dark, icy depths of the outer solar system.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 June 2026
Definition of precursors
Noun
  • Even the Hammurabi Code, a set of laws created by the sixth Babylonian king in approximately 1760 bce, established forerunners of today’s interest rate and minimum wage laws.
    — Chris Roush, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The Norwegian ended his season before the Olympics to further recover from a shoulder injury, but attended the finals as one of the forerunners, who test a course shortly before a race starts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of forerunners
Noun
  • Anne Neilson’s paintings of angels have captured the attention of celebrities and earned her an invitation to The White House recently.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
  • When two angels in disguise as men arrive in Sodom, Lot meets them at the town gates, bows reverently, and invites them to pass the night in his house.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
Definition of angels
Noun
  • The heralds operate like independent contractors, with their own caseloads.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
  • The reason is that the 1996 Ferrari 550 Maranello’s arrival was one of the heralds of the Ferrari of today, the one building cars with both world-beating performance and everyday usability.
    — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 28 May 2026
Definition of heralds
Noun
  • The world looked to the social elite as the ultimate harbingers of style trends and sophistication, giving them a cultural cache and, in turn, a sense of power.
    — Moises Mendez II, InStyle, 29 June 2026
  • If canaries in coal mines were harbingers of safe conditions, surely piping plovers at Waukegan Beach mean the city is overcoming its polluted past.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Definition of harbingers
Noun
  • His deputies and outriders are not quite so deft.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Churchill Downs outriders, jockey agents, jockeys Florent Geroux and Julian Leperoux, as well as members of Lukas' barn staff also sat in the crowd.
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
Definition of outriders
Noun
  • Hormones such as estrogen and thyroid hormone are chemical messengers that regulate growth, metabolism, reproduction and many other essential functions through the endocrine system.
    — Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
  • The body uses omega-3s as building blocks and chemical messengers that help reduce inflammation, among other benefits.
    — Matt Fuchs, Time, 26 June 2026
Definition of messengers
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