as in predicting
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as in foreseeing
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as in anticipating
to realize or know about beforehand
what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring?
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreknowing
Verb
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Now, the couple is eagerly anticipating the arrival of their first baby.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025 -
That means skywatchers around the globe are anticipating a flood of incredible lunar images over the next few days.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Star projectors can be wondrous to behold, turning a room into a starry display, awash with colors, nebulas and more.—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
24 May 2025
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This wondrous feat of real-life derring-do, intercut with multiple other standoffs, transfixes us because a lot of it involves things going spectacularly wrong — again, very much in the Mission: Impossible tradition.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
Noun
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As belief in traditional religions decreases and the rise of spirituality and skepticism in traditional institutions continues, this form of divination—looking to cards for answers for future, present, or past events—is on the rise.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2025
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The team found evidence of four different plants that are associated with ancient Maya medicine and divination rituals.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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As Pete says, juries almost literally live on another planet, being sequestered from the likes of us and our soothsaying.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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It’s told in flashback to Simba and Nala’s daughter, Kiara, by the soothsaying mandrill Rafiki, with the meerkat Timon and the warthog Pumbaa goofing on the sidelines.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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According to the guide, restaurants have to be consistently extraordinary to garner three stars.—
Tulasi Srinivas,
The Conversation,
3 June 2025
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Quite simply, the earlier investors participate in this extraordinary country’s transformation, the greater the rewards will be.—
Djasur Djumaev,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Noun
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These signs seem to confirm Sahm’s augury that the economy remains healthy.—
David Thomas,
Forbes,
16 Oct. 2024
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The auguries were not favorable for a Pétain acquittal.—
Robert O. Paxton,
Harper's Magazine,
17 Dec. 2023
Adjective
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There’s conflict in everything, in the clashing of worlds and the fight for a world that makes sense to believe in, yet miraculous poetry and optimism somehow, too.—
Ella Kemp,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
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Indiana pulled off a miraculous comeback victory that night, and Miller scored 25 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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“Foreknowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreknowing. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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