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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreshadowings
  1. hints
  2. predictions
  3. portents
  4. omens
  5. suggestions
  6. prophecies
  7. precursors
  8. heralds
Noun
  • The cuisine was also noteworthy, a generous choice of cocktails, wines, and cuisine with hints of contemporary English inspiration, while avoiding being British stodgy.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Warsh is unlikely to reveal his approach before the task forces report but at Jackson Hole the whole world will be looking for hints regarding his plans to reshape the Fed.
    — Paul Wachtel, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of hints
Noun
  • For two different transitions, the researchers measured displacements of about 240 ± 16 nanometers and 463 ± 20 nanometers, closely matching their theoretical predictions of roughly 232 and 464 nanometers.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • But six months into the conflict, the direst predictions haven’t come true even if no corner of the world's economy has been untouched.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 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
Noun
  • Alicia McCalla, 56, a fiction writer who has been doing voice work for five years out of her home in Atlanta, decided to ignore union suggestions and clone her voice.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Gates brushed aside the idea that his suggestions might draw pushback from the accelerationist voices in the tech industry.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of suggestions
Noun
  • Each campaign features unique prophecies, rivalries, characters and challenges.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Ancient Chinese scholars made records of solar eclipses, and diviners made prophecies during these auspicious events.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of prophecies
Noun
  • The ideology of Third Worldism and the New Agey, anything-goes-style progressivism of the West Coast that Naipaul so keenly lacerates were necessary precursors to the mass death in Guyana.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Jack Kilby, the inventor of the integrated circuit, or microchip, and the handheld calculator—early precursors of AI.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 8 Aug. 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
Definition of heralds
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