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
This foreshadowed a gradual cooling that would culminate in the most recent ice age.
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Tim Vernimmen, JSTOR Daily, 19 June 2025
Meanwhile the editor wanted to foreshadow all the characters that would ultimately make the winning team by intercutting moments of dialogue with each of them at the beginning.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 June 2025
Knowing And Just Like That, the show may be foreshadowing a grand gesture from Aidan that arrives just as Carrie is beginning to have feelings for Duncan.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 27 June 2025
In March, the the Monitor’s View foreshadowed the impact of the foreign aid cuts:
These cuts by wealthier countries, predict many aid experts, are having dramatic consequences for the world’s most vulnerable people.
—Evelyne Musambi, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025
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Tim Vernimmen, JSTOR Daily, 19 June 2025
Meanwhile the editor wanted to foreshadow all the characters that would ultimately make the winning team by intercutting moments of dialogue with each of them at the beginning.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 June 2025
Knowing And Just Like That, the show may be foreshadowing a grand gesture from Aidan that arrives just as Carrie is beginning to have feelings for Duncan.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 27 June 2025
In March, the the Monitor’s View foreshadowed the impact of the foreign aid cuts:
These cuts by wealthier countries, predict many aid experts, are having dramatic consequences for the world’s most vulnerable people.
—Evelyne Musambi, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreshadow
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Washington Examiner Senior Writer Joe Concha predicted Tesla CEO Elon Musk would not elect even one representative to Congress via his new political party.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
7 July 2025
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Thunderstorms are likely to subside in the evening but could pop up again on July 8 across the south-central Plains, forecasters predicted.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
7 July 2025
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This early embrace of mechanical rhythm prefigured what would later become a foundation of hip-hop and electronic music.—
Jose Valentino Ruiz,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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Its extreme hostility to the very idea of liberal governance, its skepticism of democracy, and its faith in the primacy of the wealthy over the law all prefigured the way that Trump and Elon Musk would assail key functions of government in 2025.—
Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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The latest hike implies that 1.92 million bpd (or over 87%) of those cuts have now been unwound.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Later, it’s implied that the actual kidnapper was Manon, who has the same tattoo.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
9 July 2025
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Qualifying seniors will get a bigger federal income tax deduction under the Big, Beautiful Bill that’s now law, and the Trump administration is heralding the changes as a big deal.—
David Lightman
Updated July 14,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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Self-published by Webber in 2012, Easy was heralded as a groundbreaking work in the new adult genre which was starting to emerge at that time.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
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The company anticipates cleanup efforts to wrap up at the end of August, but the target may be adjusted as needed to ensure safety.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Over the past two years, multinational enterprises have been anticipating the need for strategic rebalancing of production locations, with Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and Central America the main beneficiaries, according to the report.—
Courtney Fingar,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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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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What the optimists did not foresee was that power could eventually shift back.—
SARAH BUSH,
Foreign Affairs,
3 July 2025
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Many business leaders and others remain rattled because most people did not foresee the massive tariffs that Trump rolled out earlier this year.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
3 July 2025
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