Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for foresee. Search instead for avreses.
Definitions

foresee

[fawr-see] / fɔrˈsi /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

One later recalled, “Nothing we newsmen ate that day led us to foresee that soybeans were destined a few years later to become an ingredient in many popular food products, some of them delicious.”

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

At Moonshot, Yang fielded calls from worried investors, including one who wanted to know why Yang had failed to foresee DeepSeek’s rise, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Alex: I foresee another trophyless season ahead for Rangers - no cohesion, no fight, no skill, nothing.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Other times it’s getting married or having a kid or trying to foresee retiring one day.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

“She couldn’t foresee these troubles when I asked for her hand.”

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth foresees months of declining oil reserves and depleting global stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

After repeatedly warning of the rivers’ endangerment, however, Mr. Winder concludes with only the briefest summary of the projects currently aimed at guarding against the dire outcomes he foresees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

In its first look into 2027, the International Energy Agency said it foresees the return of an oil glut due to record investments.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026

If Fidesz were to win those seats, he foresees a potential victory.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

“Mr. Curtain foresees a ‘call to greater duty’ in the near future.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said no-one foresaw the influx of 72,000 migrants in the exclave of Ceuta, as pressure mounts over his handling of the crisis.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

At the start of the season nobody foresaw much, if any, of this.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Just one foresaw a cut, down from 12.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Has the office served its purpose, or has it lingered one bureaucracy layered on top of a bunch of other bureaucracies, as some critics foresaw?

From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026

Burry replied that while it was true that he foresaw Armageddon, he wasn’t betting on it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

He said he had not foreseen a time when he would be monitoring so many sites and "certainly not having 16 choughlets fledge".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

To a degree that even critics could not have foreseen a year ago, the United States struts and frets on the world stage alone.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

Addressed to Burnham and the arts minister Lisa Nandy, the petition posted by activist group Good Law Project claimed Arday's death was "the direct, foreseeable and foreseen result of press harassment".

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

While some supply-chain-related impact to IBM’s prior expectations were foreseen, “we did not anticipate the magnitude of the capex reprioritization,” Krishna said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

“Kronos is going to attack New York. You must suspect that. My mother must have foreseen it.”

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

He is shifting Brazil exposure to longer-term bonds, foreseeing a “neutral” interest rate of 10% to 11%, eventually.

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

The older she’s gotten, however, the more trouble she has had foreseeing ever getting married at all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2025

Zarqa Al Yamama is the story of a blue-eyed tribal matriarch with the gift of foreseeing the future in pre-Islamic Arabia.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2024

Regulators’ fascination with foreseeing how the tech giants could harm competition stems largely from their perceived failure to do so in the past.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

At this those faces, cloaked in desolation upon the waste sea beach, were bared; their eyes turned toward me and the mighty lighting, foreseeing pleasure, one by one.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




Vocabulary lists containing foresee


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Just like flashcards, but way more fun

Don't take our word for it. Leave the boring studying behind and join VocabTrainer today. You'll learn even faster and never look back.

Take me to Vocabulary.com