as in predicted
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 foreshadowed
Was there a moment that foreshadowed her death?
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Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
The BAFTAs and the Oscars have aligned on Best Actress in 15 of the last 20 years — including, memorably, last year, when the BAFTAs foreshadowed Emma Stone's surprise Oscar win over Lily Gladstone.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
As with previous outings, death is foreshadowed before flashing back one week earlier to the guests’ arrival at the elite five-star White Lotus resort.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
In retrospect, the post foreshadowed the fiction that was to come.
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
His pregame words foreshadowed what happened in his team’s 123-100 victory over the Nuggets on Saturday.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 23 Feb. 2025
Over time, couples began seeking private idylls that foreshadowed today’s romantic escapes.
—Jen Rose Smith, AFAR Media, 18 Feb. 2025
Still, his physique always foreshadowed an eventual move to first.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
The 85-year-old hotel, which once foreshadowed the Miami Modernism style, or MiMo of the 1950s, now has 251 rooms, down from 275.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
The BAFTAs and the Oscars have aligned on Best Actress in 15 of the last 20 years — including, memorably, last year, when the BAFTAs foreshadowed Emma Stone's surprise Oscar win over Lily Gladstone.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
As with previous outings, death is foreshadowed before flashing back one week earlier to the guests’ arrival at the elite five-star White Lotus resort.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
In retrospect, the post foreshadowed the fiction that was to come.
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
His pregame words foreshadowed what happened in his team’s 123-100 victory over the Nuggets on Saturday.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 23 Feb. 2025
Over time, couples began seeking private idylls that foreshadowed today’s romantic escapes.
—Jen Rose Smith, AFAR Media, 18 Feb. 2025
Still, his physique always foreshadowed an eventual move to first.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
The 85-year-old hotel, which once foreshadowed the Miami Modernism style, or MiMo of the 1950s, now has 251 rooms, down from 275.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreshadowed
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If Medicaid funding to provide individuals with services in their own homes and communities is cut, more people will be placed in institutional settings, Seitz predicted.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
14 Mar. 2025
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Mostly cloudy skies are predicted on Saturday, with a high of 79 and gusts up to 24 mph, according to the NWS.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Mar. 2025
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Often heralded as prophetic, this novel centers on a young girl with a debilitating form of hyperempathy.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2025
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Chain-of-Thought (CoT) Prompting Chain-of-Thought (CoT) prompting has been heralded as one of the most important prompting techniques.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The headline also implied broader public support for negotiations that could ease international pressure and economic hardship.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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As has been the case with 21st century globalization, an unprecedented boom in global trade and investment during the Gold Standard era implied all the major countries were indebted to each other in an interlinked global web of debts, counter debts and obligations.—
David McWilliams,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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Both running backs anticipated that either Singleton or Allen would have moved on.—
Audrey Snyder,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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At the same time, a flood of cheap Chinese imports accelerated the trend toward deindustrialization in the United States—and did so at a rate that few, if any, fully anticipated.—
Michael B. G. Froman,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Mar. 2025
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