prefigurement

Definition of prefigurementnext

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Noun
  • On the announcement day, Astera Labs jumped about 11% and Rocket Lab around 9%, a foretaste of the flows to come.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • However, there is a way to get a foretaste of the menu.
    Ella Gonzales May 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • But there is reason for hope, because the season-one finale of Widow’s Bay is like a beacon in the dark, and all the signs and portents are lining up.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 June 2026
  • In the shadows of the long-hut, the elders muttered among themselves—of portents and crops and weather and the storage of grain.
    Maggie O’Farrell, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • These indications point to a future where automakers fiercely compete for a shrinking number of customers, said Mark Gottfredson, a partner at Bain & Company.
    Robert Ferris, CNBC, 28 June 2026
  • While Carvalho’s resignation was widely reported — and precipitated the appointment of Andrés Chait as the new superintendent three days later — there was no indication at the time that the school board had been pressuring Carvalho to step down.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • This pick is also not a great omen for 2024 lottery pick Nikola Topić.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • There was a book in Sapphire’s den that ran a different set of numbers, the math of omens and outcomes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Daniel Glazer, a clinical psychologist, said making travel arrangements during a time of emotional hardship is a classic rage-booking symptom.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Skeptics said that for a denomination with more than 40,000 churches and millions of members, those numbers were lamentable but not symptoms of a widespread crisis.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • And so those last 25 minutes served as a bizarre risk-management experiment that is likely to be a harbinger of what is to come in this tournament.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Power’s deserted worksites could be received as a harbinger of a world without workers, one in which unmanned machines no longer need the humans who helped build them.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Investors will now be closely watching for clues on Burnham's policy direction, which so far has been scant on details.
    Gail Krishnan, CNBC, 23 June 2026
  • Skillmatics Guess in 10 Animal Planet Card Game Take 20 questions up a notch with a card game that challenges kids to guess an animal based on clues.
    Parents, Parents, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Sometimes, the departure of an underperforming executive or official presages improvements ahead.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • But a lack of accountability presages failure for California’s big reform.
    Rachel Canter, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Prefigurement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefigurement. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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