foreshadows

verb

present tense third-person singular of foreshadow
as in prefigures
to give a slight indication of beforehand a series of small tremors that foreshadowed the massive earthquake the next day

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Recent Examples of foreshadows The piece foreshadows Saar’s penchant for transforming common items into near-mystical objects with seemingly simple flourishes that belie complex themes. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026 The trailer, which lasts all of a minute, foreshadows a lot of what’s to come for the show. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026 This also foreshadows the difficult reality that our talent model must evolve in tandem. — Rachel Proffitt, Fortune, 23 June 2026 Earlier poem-scrolls appear here, too, written in a style that foreshadows the graffiti Wong would come to love decades later. — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026 With almost three years left in his final term, Trump’s absence from CPAC foreshadows his eventual departure as leader of the GOP and the conservative movement, a role typically served by the president or the party’s leading contender for the White House. — Gromer Jeffers Jr. political, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026 The book wonderfully foreshadows one of its best moments, but the film doesn’t do this at all, setting up the action with a few lines of dialog instead. — Matthew Razak, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026 Zoom out across college athletics, and that resume foreshadows a divorce. — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 The film smartly foreshadows what will befall Alma and Maggie and Hank. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreshadows
  1. prefigures
  2. predicts
  3. implies
  4. heralds
  5. anticipates
Verb
  • The Kamm tail, with its upturned spoiler and flat panel adorned with Ferrari’s signature twin round taillights, is a nod to aerodynamics that prefigures the shape of the Lusso’s spiritual successor, the 275 GTB.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Tragedy strikes many times in this decades-spanning story, in many forms, but the defining event of Grainier’s life sees his home burned to the ground, an event that eerily prefigures the LA fires of early 2025.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
Definition of prefigures
Verb
  • Barclays Investment Bank predicts that the market, now valued at $2 billion to $3 billion, could grow to $200 billion by 2035.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In Helaena’s room, Rhaenyra finds a tapestry Helaena had just finished sewing that predicts a dark and fiery end for Rhaenyra in the future.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of predicts
Verb
  • One can never be so sure, but management explained on the call that its outlook for the remainder of the year implies similar year-over-year output growth levels to those delivered in the first half.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
  • That implies a little more than two infections for every one counted.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of implies
Verb
  • For these locations, June’s solstice — which heralds astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere — is the winter solstice, not the summer solstice.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Of that total, 75 were by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, whose recent splashy IPO heralds how lucrative this next chapter of commercial spaceflight could be.
    — Kaylah Jackson, NBC news, 29 June 2026
Definition of heralds
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  • Bank of America anticipates the payroll growth figure to come in slightly lower, at 80,000.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The project anticipates bringing 1,000 jobs to Olathe, and an additional 13–20 employees hired for the first 10 years, according to the bond application.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of anticipates

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