foretokened

verb

past tense of foretoken
as in cautioned

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foretokened
  1. cautioned
  2. alerted
  3. foreshadowed
  4. visualized
  5. envisioned
  6. forewarned
  7. envisaged
  8. predicted
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  • Mohandie also cautioned against treating crime scene details in the first letter as proof its author was involved.
    — Michael Ruiz , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • But researchers cautioned that the drug’s efficacy has not yet been proven.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of cautioned
Verb
  • The Bohemian National Cemetery and Crematorium in North Park has been ordered to stop accepting any new human remains after investigators were alerted to possible storage violations, the Illinois Comptroller’s office said in a press release.
    — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Citing an unnamed source, the outlet reported that another resident spotted him lying face-down on the pool deck and alerted building staff.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of alerted
Verb
  • Pork Soda, in particular, foreshadowed the weight of nu-metal acts like Korn, who also deployed sagging bass in service of profoundly unsettling narratives.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026
  • That blaze foreshadowed a fire that destroyed Arlington Park in 1985.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
Definition of foreshadowed
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  • Fraser’s sculptures at the Whitney realize, in three dimensions, the sacrifice that de Monteflores’s paintings had visualized decades earlier.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • And Russia’s true position – and with it Putin’s dilemma – can be visualized in a split screen of competing perspectives.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of visualized
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  • Its removal created valuable open space in highly desirable locations, and the Greenway was envisioned as a way to reconnect the existing urban spaces.
    — Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Fried, who signed an eight-year, $218 million deal with the Yankees in December 2024 after leaving the Braves, looked every bit the ace New York envisioned.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of envisioned
Verb
  • Bloomberg's Mark Gurman forewarned these price increases were coming.
    — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The former star of The White Lotus explained that she'd been forewarned the scenes were cut from creator and showrunner Sam Levinson.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
Definition of forewarned
Verb
  • That loan was envisaged to get the best out of Nwaneri because of Roberto De Zerbi’s playing style.
    — Art de Roché, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The systems envisaged by the plan would provide point defense for important facilities.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of envisaged
Verb
  • Gen Z’s homeownership rate is predicted to be about 10% lower than that of their parents.
    — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The alternative—exiting with no deal—meant trading with the EU and other countries on the terms of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which was predicted to cause severe economic disruption.
    — Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of predicted
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