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foretokens 1 of 2

noun

plural of foretoken
as in indicators

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verb

present tense third-person singular of foretoken
as in cautions

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foretokens
  1. indicators
  2. cautions
  3. signs
  4. alerts
  5. signals
  6. foreshadows
  7. declarations
  8. envisages
Noun
  • Instead, there should be advance agreement on early warning indicators and development practices that materially increase the probability of approaching those capabilities.
    — Shlomit Wagman, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • With support nearby at the 200-day MA and short-term indicators turning higher, the stock looks positioned for a rebound associated with outperformance versus the SPX.
    — Katie Stockton, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of indicators
Verb
  • Honing cautions that the neural explanation is only one possibility.
    — Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The research also cautions against treating young adults as broadly sober, which makes wellness-first dating better understood as alcohol-optional rather than anti-alcohol.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of cautions
Noun
  • Tentative signs of improvement emerged in May, June and July, when border crossings picked up slightly, the agency reported.
    — Rio Yamat, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Next, another set of no-parking signs went up and came down (except for several that were mistakenly left up), with no work having been done.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of signs
Verb
  • The platform instantly identifies the failure and alerts the integrator’s network operations center (NOC).
    — Robert Messer, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Irving then alerts us to the prevalence of bewitchment in the region, setting us up for the Gothic tale to follow.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of alerts
Noun
  • Finance leaders can identify that shift by looking for several signals within the company’s existing program.
    — Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Together, those signals give brands a broader view of the market than any single channel provides.
    — Advertorial, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of signals
Verb
  • While purple has come to represent Swift’s Speak Now era, during that London outing, Swift wore a lilac purple dress with flowers, which fans are convinced foreshadows the primary color and aesthetics of the singer’s 13th LP.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Back in King’s Landing, Rhaenyra comes to find that her prisoner Helaena has taken her own life but left a parting gift for the queen that foreshadows a potential prophecy of Rhaenyra’s path towards madness.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of foreshadows
Noun
  • After a week of deliberations and declarations of the Massachusetts jury in Lindsay Clancy‘s triple-murder case being deadlocked, the judge has declared a mistrial today.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026
  • These routing announcements are declarations made as entries on a global routing table used by all ASes and the hosting providers serving them.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of declarations
Verb
  • However, Hieronimus envisages in the second half of 2026 that turbulences in Chinese domestic airports, due to the change of operator that led to stock issues, will be resolved.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The plan sets limits on how the river would be operated, and envisages water shortages of up to 3 million acre-feet per year in the three Lower Basin states.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 31 July 2026
Definition of envisages
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“Foretokens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foretokens. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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