as in to predict
to give a slight indication of beforehand
a series of small tremors that foreshadowed the massive earthquake the next day
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Recent Examples of foreshadow
And that would be a result foreshadowed by few of the country's pollsters.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The moment just might've foreshadowed the film's success, said Hanks.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
In her introductory speech, Amanpour foreshadows what’s to come, warning that malefactors with enticing narratives can only manipulate us because of our eagerness to believe them.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
Each vision is brief, shattering with a scream, but effectively unsettling in leaving new breadcrumbs of foreshadowing.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The moment just might've foreshadowed the film's success, said Hanks.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
In her introductory speech, Amanpour foreshadows what’s to come, warning that malefactors with enticing narratives can only manipulate us because of our eagerness to believe them.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
Each vision is brief, shattering with a scream, but effectively unsettling in leaving new breadcrumbs of foreshadowing.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreshadow
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Goldman Sachs predicts tariffs on Mexico and Canada would lead to a slightly smaller 0.9% rise in the core inflation measure in 2025.Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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In Denver, a key commercial airline hub, forecasters predict a couple of inches of snow.Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2024
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The details are what captivate; chrome strips on the hood and sides, and exquisite chrome hood hinges prefiguring the decklid hinges on Ferrari’s 275 GTB/4.Robert Ross, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024
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Woody’s facial-recognition research in the 1960s prefigured all these technological breakthroughs and their queasy ethical implications.Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020
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The merger implies a current equity value of Huture at $1.0 billion prior to closing.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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That implies that just as federalism guards against the tyranny made possible through overt centralization, federalism also has counterweights to prevent individual state governments from wrecking the whole.Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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Such moments of triumph did not herald an era of consolidation, but a dissolution and disintegration to come.Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
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The arrival of the incoming Trump Administration heralds what’s expected to be a more lenient regulatory and antitrust environment from the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Dept. of Justice.David Bloom, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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This album, which is highly anticipated by his fans, could be a turning point in his career, as his popularity and power as a rap Goliath are beginning to wane.Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024
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Economists already had anticipated at least a 10% tariff on Chinese imports next year and built that into their forecasts.Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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In between, works by contemporaries complicate superficial ideas about his meteoric genius, and small, delicate drawings teem with an abundance of ideas — paintings never made, thoughts adumbrated then abandoned.Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
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Nothing in America’s tepid 19th-century contributions to European classical music adumbrated it; nor did the homely and sometimes hokey popular songs of Stephen Foster.Heather Mac Donald, National Review, 22 Aug. 2019
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Like most Fortitude Ranchers, Larry could foresee society breaking down in a number of ways: a nuclear detonation, another pandemic, or rising political violence that could split the country into warring factions.Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Reynolds foresees the base color palette trending towards ivory and wood tones then laying in color.Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
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