prefigurements

plural of prefigurement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefigurements
Noun
  • During the trials, some participants experienced nausea and an upset stomach, but investigators found that dividing up the pills, instead of taking all four at once, and swallowing them with orange juice instead of water, helped relieve the symptoms.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Following years of pain and health issues, countless MRIs and frustrating misdiagnoses, in 2013 she was diagnosed with Lyme disease, a bacterial illness largely transmitted by ticks and causing symptoms including muscle pain, fatigue and food sensitivity.
    Leena Tailor, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Los Angeles Lakers have just over a month until the new season begins, but there are no indications that the purple and gold are done making moves.
    Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • And to boot, initial indications are that his injury may require surgery, which could sideline him for at least three months.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Swift’s involvement in the legal battle relates, in part, to suggestions from Lively that Baldoni altered a rooftop scene at the beginning of the film.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Have suggestions for future picks?
    Melody Wilding, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Systems designed to support a blind astronaut navigating through sound cues, for instance, might later improve safety in hospitals, aircraft, or smart buildings.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Linda Evangelista is taking style cues from her younger self.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That’s because your liver won’t give you obvious clues that say there’s a MASH up going there.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • One of these is the Lost City, a vast hydrothermal field at the bottom of the Atlantic—a kind of unique prehistoric hotbed of massive, dramatic chimney spires venting chemical reactions that scientists have been studying for clues to how life on Earth (and other planets) began.
    Bonnie Tsui, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Harry's uncompromising, one sided view of notions like truth, lies and accountability may sound warning sirens about whether reconciliation is possible in the long-term.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This was Maxwell’s (classical) theory for electromagnetism, putting the previously distinct notions of electricity and magnetism together into a unified footing.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • My weekend streaming guide is live, so be sure to check that out for some new show and movie ideas.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • On both right and left, many assert that debate is what enables real consideration of ideas.
    Sarah Stein Lubrano, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There are mentions, traces, and shadows of it in letters from Milena to mutual friend and editor Max Brod, and by Kafka in his journals, but not in any significant, expository detail.
    Christine Estima September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Her murder caused a similar firestorm online as Zarutska’s as well as mentions at the Republican National Convention.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Prefigurements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefigurements. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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