as in foretaste
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefigurement
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The Art Institute offered a foretaste of the collection through two exhibitions — one focused on Neoclassical paintings, the other on French Revolution-era drawings — in the fall.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025 -
Is this a foretaste of the next four years?—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Dec. 2024
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Thus, the negative GDP change should not be taken as a portent of looming disaster.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Unbeknown to player and club, the transfer carried portents of the sombre fate that awaited him.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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McCarthy Vahey said, despite the lack of funding, the accounts serve as an indication of priorities.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
30 May 2025
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Sky News reported that Doyle had given no indication of pleas when the charges were read to the court.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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Such spectral doppelgängers stalk the living as grim omens of impending death.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 May 2025
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Studios could all use that sort of good news, and good omens for the rest of summer movie season.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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But breathing difficulties are not the only symptom of the disease.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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There is also remdesivir, an intravenous medication that must be started within seven days of COVID symptoms appearing.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
24 May 2025
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So the fact that Xbox games are now free to land on any platform might be a harbinger of things to come, and this could give Microsoft a foundational head-start in the race toward a different future.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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As the United States withdraws and international institutions decay, their ordeal may be a harbinger of what is to come.—
Lynsey Addario,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2025
Noun
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When asked about his attitude, Homa dropped one clue about the split.—
Doug Ferguson,
Baltimore Sun,
3 June 2025
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That does mean though that Air (the clue is in the name) is a lot more svelte than Glass 2.—
Paul Lamkin,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Noun
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The result is chaos, bewilderment and delay that presages rising consumer prices.—
Peter S. Goodman,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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There’s a kind of implicit prayer in this that the withering of today’s Hollywood system is a presage for something better, giving the entire production a painful, nostalgic quality that tugs at your chest even as what unfolds before you is remarkably dumb.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Prefigurement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefigurement. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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