foreshow

Definition of foreshownext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreshow
Verb
  • The minute that happened, Farm Bank’s collapse was foretold.
    Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Those are the conclusions of two recent reports about spiraling utility bills, one looking at the past, the other foretelling the future.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The action could presage a crackdown in Cuba, based on Rubio’s remarks at today’s press conference.
    Keir Simmons, NBC news, 3 Jan. 2026
  • In other seasons, that minor miscue would’ve presaged a bitter and deserved ending and another loss to their rivals, who were operating with their backup quarterback Malik Willis after Jordan Love left with a concussion in the second quarter.
    Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • This could bode well for the success of Kohl’s recent efforts to refresh its long languishing store brands.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
  • This obviously bodes incredibly well for the future of the Jets.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Foreshow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreshow. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.

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