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prefigure

[pree-fig-yer] / priˈfɪg jər /


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None prefigure a world I want to live in.

From Salon Nov. 24, 2021

People who have received the shots two to four weeks earlier should watch for symptoms that may prefigure the onset of clotting.

From Seattle Times Jul. 13, 2021

But Warner Bros has undergone a series of personnel shake-ups under Stankey that prefigure the HBO Max controversy.

From Washington Post Dec. 9, 2020

Watching Road to Bali – and other titles in the series – you can see how much they prefigure the high-concept buddy comedies of Coming to America or Wedding Crashers several decades later.

From The Guardian Sep. 28, 2020

Over the front door is the coat of arms of the poet's father, which consists of three lyres, as if to prefigure the destiny of the genius who first saw the light within its walls.

From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Oliver Optic

The rumored price increases from Samsung were prefigured in a note on the stock by Citi analyst Peter Lee last week.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

He prefigured today’s globalized music economy long before it had language for itself, though his influence has often been oddly glossed over.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2026

Cobb’s unexpected new career prefigured those of the charismatic and authoritative doctor-authors and healthcare influencers guiding women through menopause online today.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 7, 2026

Indeed, the epic “Rock Show” prefigured McCartney’s plans for conquering the rock ‘n’ roll box office.

From Salon Mar. 21, 2025

"Mr. Kinzie will not be likely to lose any time," she prefigured thoughtfully.

From The Real Man by Francis Lynde

That’s one way to start a book—bracing and bitter, conveying Mary Cain’s scorn for the athletic-shoe-and-sportswear giant while prefiguring her larger message that “sports normalizes cruelty.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

And Ronald Weinstein, prefiguring the world we live in now, showed that among the many things that can be done remotely, one was to diagnose cancer.

From New York Times Dec. 29, 2022

Smith was prefiguring a national movement that would open more roles to artists of color.

From Washington Post Jun. 10, 2022

You mention them as prefiguring the activism of the Freedom Summer.

From Salon Apr. 10, 2022

Quite naturally, Lidgerwood sought to pair the younger people when the table gathering was complete, and was not entirely certain of his prefiguring.

From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Francis Lynde




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