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
  • Dylan Carden, an equity analyst for William Blair, wrote in a note published Friday that Under Armour’s results give few hints as to when a recovery could be expected for the company.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • And as the show has gone on, the actor has found layers to play, including hints of a kind of existential melancholy.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of hints
Noun
  • Unlike conventional speculative decoding, which checks generated tokens against a target model, VFlash can accept structurally valid visual predictions without requiring token-by-token agreement.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Using those predictions to decide which ideas deserve a test is worse.
    — Kate O'Keeffe, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 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
  • While black cats tend to be associated with bad luck, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History states that there are folklore where they are considered to be good omens.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Corral has no crystal ball, but the early omens are promising after Casey Bloys signed a new multiyear deal to oversee HBO Max and Paramount+ in a new role at Skydance.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of omens
Noun
  • The nurse’s only suggestions were the ones that Malouf had already tried.
    — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The mayor said the cost escalations for the project have been largely due to community feedback, with suggestions from the public baked into the project.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of suggestions
Noun
  • Their bodies were found buried in rural Idaho on the property of Vallow Daybell’s new husband, Chad Daybell, an author of several religious novels about prophecies and the end of the world.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Once McBride is out of sight, Gillis kidnaps the oracle in hopes of taking advantage of his weather prophecies.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of prophecies
Noun
  • These store openings follow two Simkhai pop-ups — at Galeries Lafayette in Paris and La Rinascente in Milan — that were precursors to Simkhai’s international push.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Fresh precursors can be pumped in through the veins, and one day they might be partly gathered from the environment.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of precursors
Noun
  • The comedy-drama heralds from Adeel Ahmed and writer-director Batra’s film and TV outfit Poetic License, and is being produced in partnership with Jio Studios (Dhurandhar), and Good Chaos (Ballad Of A Small Player).
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Chain bookselling, which enabled the unification of the reading market, was one of the first heralds of a globalizing age.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of heralds
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