prefigurements

noun

plural of prefigurement
as in symptoms

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefigurements
  1. symptoms
  2. indications
  3. suggestions
  4. cues
  5. clues
  6. notions
  7. ideas
  8. mentions
Noun
  • The usual symptoms include high fever, headache, stiffness and an overall feeling that resembles the flu.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Turnover rates are often symptoms of larger structural challenges, some of which are inherent to trade work, the State of Skilled Trades report found.
    — Itzel Franco, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of symptoms
Noun
  • Justices return to the bench amid record low public approval, with some indications that the court is making subtle shifts to restore confidence.
    — Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026
  • There are already strong indications that the culture within parts of the AI sector is receptive to charitable giving.
    — Joe Crome, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of indications
Noun
  • There is little data on Levine’s and Campbell’s suggestions of widespread fraud involving college athlete agents and numerous NIL deals going unpaid.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • More teams are going to have AI acting on infrastructure, not just making suggestions, and most organizations have no framework for what those agents will be allowed to do.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of suggestions
Noun
  • The shoe takes visual cues from a tennis net stretched by impact into consideration, creating a design that feels fluid.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Anticipation of the audience is key, and being able to lean into the cues ensures that the message isn’t missed.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of cues
Noun
  • Investigators are still combing through the suspects' cellphones, dashboard cameras and other devices for clues about potential links to Iran.
    — Steve Hendrix, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The asteroid is believed to have formed in the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Neptune, and could offer clues as to how water and other organic materials were distributed in the early solar system as the planets began to form.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of clues
Noun
  • One sticking point that the scores of speeches revealed was the scratchiness between two vital notions — multilateralism and sovereignty.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • And there’s also all these preconceived notions about you that are out there that are associated with [you] because your body is your art, right?
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of notions
Noun
  • The proposition is to connect China’s factories with its creator economy; Black Lake’s agents bridge the gap by converting ideas into designs, a 3D simulation, and industrial data sent to a factory.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • When looking for best ideas for the fourth quarter nothing jumped off the charts to me — literally — like bitcoin .
    — Jay Woods, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of ideas
Noun
  • References to LangGraph, a framework for building multistep workflows, jumped 679%, while mentions of LlamaIndex, which helps connect AI applications to data, rose 291%, according to Draup’s analysis.
    — Hugh Son, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The result is investment that feels productive—more content, more coverage and more mentions—while net position holds flat or declines.
    — Joseph Byrum, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of mentions
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“Prefigurements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefigurements. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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