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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
  • Indicators that are more granular and data-rich; indicators that paint a much clearer picture of where the economy is at today.
    — Paddy Hirsch, NPR, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Typically, the effects of sanctions are described in terms of macroeconomic indicators, including rates of growth, inflation, and currency depreciation.
    — Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, Foreign Affairs, 8 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
  • 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
  • Death of the Pastor’s Wife Netflix’s latest docuseries opens in April 2024, when Mica Miller alerts authorities of her plans to take her life and asks them to inform her family of her whereabouts.
    — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of alerts
Noun
  • There’s also the regulatory DNA that controls gene activity, along with the signals that help determine what should and shouldn’t be included in mature messenger RNAs produced by genes.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Facilitating rapid response to shifting market signals, Brandix has built a production ecosystem that goes from raw materials to retail-ready garments, centralizing capabilities for agility.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 9 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 12 Sep. 2026.

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