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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
  • Finally, the report concludes that some financial institutions failed to act on indicators of human trafficking and immigration fraud, enabling Epstein's activities.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The battery also features LED indicators and its own USB-C charging port.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of indicators
Verb
  • But Kelly Sutherland, an interior designer in Fort Worth, Texas, cautions that color drenching isn’t necessarily the answer either, especially for rooms with eight-foot ceilings.
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Cooper Thayer, a Realtor with the Thayer Group in Castle Rock, cautions against drawing a straight line from discounts off list price to marketwide home price declines.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of cautions
Noun
  • Kids heading home on their e-bikes gave the new parking signs a thumbs-down.
    — Michele Gile, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The hotel association and lobbying group says more consumers are falling victim to deceptive hotel booking websites that look similar to legitimate hotel websites, with signs becoming harder to differentiate.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of signs
Verb
  • Her group goes to the scene where an ICE operation is happening, documents it, reminds those being detained of their rights, and alerts neighbors.
    — Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026
  • For additional protection, consider an identity theft protection service which offers identity monitoring, alerts about suspicious activity and access to restoration specialists if identity theft occurs.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of alerts
Noun
  • The competing signals leave the region facing an uncertain military outlook.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Analysts say the appointment of a professional woman to the key post signals that Pope Leo views women differently from his predecessors at the Vatican, where nuns have tended to be the women holding senior positions.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of signals
Verb
  • On the title track Chen reaches for the psaltery (a kind of zither without frets), creating a meandering, medieval atmosphere whose ubiquitous electronic background buzz foreshadows the biting screams and blistering bass to come.
    — James Gui, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
  • And the angelic youth Dorian Gray’s deadly descent into vanity and vice—ignited by a hubristic obsession with his own image—eerily foreshadows the grim trajectory of Wilde’s later years.
    — Hannah Aizenman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of foreshadows
Noun
  • But the industry made a rather grand affair of its commitment to body positivity, and grand declarations tend to become embarrassing when circumstances change.
    — Anna Rahmanan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2026
  • Singapore also initiated investigations into Megaspeed and its controllers, including Alice Huang, for potential false declarations relating to the company’s server purchases and their final destinations.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2026
Definition of declarations
Verb
  • Under Chinese leader Xi Jinping, China is going all out for tech self-sufficiency precisely to escape the kind of dependencies that Huang envisages.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Looking ahead, Rabinowitch envisages a day when scientists can construct designer connectomes—entire brains’ worth of custom connections.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
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“Foretokens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foretokens. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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