Thesaurus results for FORESHADOWINGS

foreshadowings

noun

plural of foreshadowing

as in hints

something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event the hero's strange encounter with a grave digger is often seen as a foreshadowing of his own death

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Noun

Instead measure it by improvement, bright spots and hints of hope.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
That’s the Stuart who shows up periodically to give them clues or hints to try to help them on their way.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of hints

Noun

But the iconic rail line connecting Orange County to San Diego is under threat thanks to coastal erosion — and officials say the situation could get much worse if predictions of an intense El Niño winter come to pass.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Rather, physicists seek to identify a few simple concepts, expressed in mathematical relationships, that make reliable predictions in many different situations.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of predictions

Noun

Always alert to mood swings, Hollywood this week is coping with some dauntingly positive portents.

— Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 June 2026
But there is reason for hope, because the season-one finale of Widow’s Bay is like a beacon in the dark, and all the signs and portents are lining up.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 June 2026

Definition of portents

Noun

No omens, no fear—just another extraordinarily beautiful experience locked into memory.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
Black cats can be seen as bad omens, sometimes associated with witches and with the old superstition to not let a black cat cross your path.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of omens

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According to Hollywood insider Rob Shuter, however, Jennifer Aniston’s friends are pushing back against suggestions that her Curtis is using her fame to sell his new book.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Sep. 2026
There have been multiple proposals and suggestions in response to the high fuel prices during spring and summer 2026 to suspend federal and state diesel and gas taxes.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of suggestions

Noun

Some of its inhabitants look for ominous signs and listen to prophecies.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
If only professional old salt Wyck (Stephen Root) would quit with the doomsday prophecies about the fog being a sign of the island waking from malevolent slumber.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of prophecies

Noun

In June, the co-founder of the citizen watchdog group, DeFlock Idaho, Tyler Cain, filed a pair of tort claims against the cities of Caldwell and Wilder — civil claims which act as possible precursors to lawsuits.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2026
The regulations were intended to reduce air pollution and acid rain precursors mainly from trucks and buses.

— Jamie Webster, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of precursors

Noun

The project heralds from Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the four co-directors behind 2025 Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
Now Pedicularis had emerged as one of the first heralds of the Arctic summer, its stems wrapped in grayish, silky hairs that protect it like a warm winter coat.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

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