prefigurement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefigurement
Noun
  • Kent being put in the stocks was just a foretaste, which Lear himself understood.
    Nan Z. Da June 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
  • The Art Institute offered a foretaste of the collection through two exhibitions — one focused on Neoclassical paintings, the other on French Revolution-era drawings — in the fall.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Many reckoned with its ideals; pervasive talk of liberty held particular portent for women’s lives.
    Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Keane, though, sees nothing but disaster ahead, a portent presaged by some of the film’s most enduring images, like a stretch limo with a flat tire and a steam room littered with empty champagne bottles.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Early indications, as the paddlers approached, were that the breakwaters had done an exceptional job, at least, of recruiting gulls and cormorants.
    Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Still, there’s no indication SpaceX is working on SRM-capable satellites.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In what sure felt like an omen to me, earlier this year, DoorDash announced a partnership with the payment-by-installment company Klarna, thereby allowing customers to pay off an order of pad thai over several months.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
  • His playing has now come to be an omen of danger, so visitors who hear drums playing should be wary.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This exercise is another variation used to treat vertigo symptoms caused by issues in the inner ear.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Most people suffer high fever, headache, symptoms similar to the flu and muscle stiffness.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The first biography of James Schuyler suggests that his tendency to withdraw was both a harbinger of his disabling mood disorder and the wellspring of his shimmering poetry.
    Langdon Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Keep an eye on these state elections Could these statewide elections be harbingers of what's to come in the 2026 midterms?
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Elite politics has become so opaque under his rule that pundits look for any clue for China’s direction – from parsing Xi’s words for their real meaning to assessing the color of his hair.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Tuesday's elections could hold clues to how Americans view this pivotal moment in the country, and reveal the strengths and weaknesses of each party's position one year away from the consequential 2026 midterm elections.
    Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • For Swain, the rise of directs presages nothing less than a revolution in the world’s financial markets.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
  • The result is chaos, bewilderment and delay that presages rising consumer prices.
    Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Prefigurement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefigurement. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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