Thesaurus results for FORETOKENING

foretokening

verb

present participle of foretoken

as in alerting

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As a precaution, the Sacramento State Police Department sent out an emergency notification alerting the campus community of the situation and advising them to avoid parking structure while officers investigated.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026
But as far back as 2018, when federal prosecutors say the once-legitimate Carleen began fraudulent operations, students were alerting state officials to serious problems with the school, and Florida took no action to shut it down.

— Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of alerting

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With a powerful El Niño already predicted to batter Southern California over the winter, forecasters are also cautioning residents to be wary of another phenomenon that may come along with it.

— Hunter Sowards, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Some attorneys are cautioning that the administration could eliminate the protections without making a public statement, or announce a decision at any time.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of cautioning

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Wingo also thrived, catching seven passes for 121 yards and a score, foreshadowing the issues opponents will have trying to blanket both him and Coleman on the outside.

— Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Lee saw the events foreshadowing a dark future for his country and maybe the world — changes in technology and wealth leaving workers behind.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of foreshadowing

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The exterior might have many fans envisioning the famous taxi cab pulling up to the house, as depicted in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air‘s opening credits.

— Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
The Olmsted Brothers completed plans for it in 1906, envisioning its broad landscaped median as an extension of Baltimore’s park system connecting major green spaces.

— Lawrence Bell, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of envisioning

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But there was no indication or forewarning that I might be considered for this part.

— Juliana Ukiomogbe, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026
James alerted the Lakers with enough forewarning before free agency officially begins on Tuesday evening about his future plans.

— Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of forewarning

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Swift, who was deeply learned, was envisaging a nightmare world in which reading and writing — the essential foundation of wit and wisdom — are replaced by a flashy simulation of human knowledge.

— Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Gufram and Snarkitecture’s Sculpted Mirror In envisaging the Sculpted Mirror for Gufram, Snarkitecture founders designers Alex Mustonen and Daniel Arsham carefully studied the theme of reflective surfaces.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025

Definition of envisaging

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His point is that although LLMs, no less than chess engines and other specialist systems, are trained on a specific task—namely, predicting the next word in a text passage—that task is special.

— George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
The Sudan Doctors Network, a medical group tracking the war in Sudan, reported earlier that 67 bodies were pulled from the rubble, predicting that the death toll could increase as rescuers continued their search.

— Yasir Abdallah, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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