Thesaurus results for PREFIGURED

prefigured

verb

Definition of prefigured next

past tense of prefigure

as in foreshadowed

to give a slight indication of beforehand the first crocus traditionally prefigures the arrival of spring

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Recent Examples of prefigured That prefigured, in a much smaller and less consequential way, Iran’s own actions in blocking the Strait of Hormuz during the current crisis. —

Ioana Emy Matesan, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026 The horror has come now like a storm— what if this night prefigured the night after death— what if all thereafter was an eternal quivering on the edge of an abyss, with everything base and vicious in oneself urging one forward and the baseness and viciousness of the world just ahead. —

Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026 Chess by telegraph also prefigured chess played through other means of telecommunications. —

IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2025 The dynamic prefigured the White House of Bush 43, which the Veep largely staffed, and substantially dominated. —

Karl Vick, Time, 4 Nov. 2025 Your 2018 book, The Lies That Bind, seems to have prefigured the backlash against a certain way of talking about identity—as essential or at least fixed—that was prevalent in the 2010s. —

Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025

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His comments upon exiting might have foreshadowed the current difficulties.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Walton’s response to being denied a chance to make money off the Hula Hoop craze in the late 1950s foreshadowed a critical part of the Walmart DNA that can be seen in 2026 with the retailer’s purchase of the television company Vizio.

— Steve Lackmeyer, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026