prefigurements

plural of prefigurement

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefigurements
Noun
  • Lewy body dementia symptoms tend to start with rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, such as screaming or kicking during sleep.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In the early stages, the condition often has no symptoms and can quietly progress.
    — Fresenius Kidney Care, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Police said there were no current indications that anyone else was involved.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But there are few indications that either side can achieve such an outcome.
    — Tatiana Mitrova, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But the group’s suggestions are for candidates and measures that are supported by more conservative voters, leading some Californians to call the guide deceptive.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Other additions include context-aware suggestions within Messages (like turning a message inviting you to something into a calendar entry), SynthID watermarking support in Photos, and support for user profiles in the Apple TV app.
    — Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Eating according to internal cues is one part of intuitive eating, which aims to increase a person’s trust in their own body to signal when to start eating and when to stop.
    — Bryn Beeder, The Conversation, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Your liver, pancreas and immune cells all run on their own daily schedules, taking their cues from that cluster of cells in the hypothalamus linked to the sun.
    — Randy J. Nelson, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But important clues about how the sickness operates are emerging from the latest studies of bacterial DNA in ancient bones and teeth.
    — Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
  • While the central bank is expected to keep rates unchanged, traders will look for clues on whether another rate hike will take place before year-end.
    — Justina Lee,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The notions of a coaching tree and writing being open to everyone are in answer to Terrell’s own experience growing up in Kansas City as an aspiring writer.
    — Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Western traditions of symmetry and notions of linear time are upended.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Copyright protects a program’s code, Grimmelmann says, but not the algorithms and ideas the code implements.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Almost all the controls were electronic buttons, and the dashboard was entirely digital—two ideas that sound reasonable today but were nightmarishly complex in the mid-1970s.
    — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • His best pal Corey (Joshua James) helps, as do his frequent mentions of his fraught early life.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2026
  • As with so many things Kardashian does, the appearance generated massive press attention and more social media mentions than anyone in the event’s history, according to Van Meter.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2026
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“Prefigurements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefigurements. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.

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