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foresee

[fawr-see] / fɔrˈsi /


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Is it possible, many have wondered, to foresee when and where a bluff might collapse — and perhaps even turn these predictions into early warning alerts?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

This is going to be painful in ways that you can’t foresee, but if you remain adaptable and empathetic, you could be embarking on an illuminating chapter of your life.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

"What we did not foresee is that this project would end up being his last major commission," he added.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Tesla and ARK Invest foresee a winner-take-all robo-taxi market, while others expect it to be a feature with lower profits.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

His investors were happy to let him pick stocks on their behalf, but they almost universally doubted his ability to foresee big macroeconomic trends.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

He foresees a “highly probable future” where blockchain becomes a major venue for NYSE’s core operations, such as trading, clearing, settlement, capital formation and data distribution, Blaugrund said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

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

From BBC Apr. 11, 2026

The project foresees the building of up to 6,000 new sites, with construction expected to take place in phased deployment over multiple years, Swisscom said.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

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

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

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

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The signers of the Declaration of Independence never foresaw a World Cup, much less an American World Cup team.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 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

He foresaw the current predicament long before most others did, and he had the courage to confront it long before it was politically convenient to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

Otherwise, he noticed nothing unusual and foresaw no difficulty in improving the kiln’s operation.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Others, like “Obsession,” catapult from modest beginnings into an echelon of popularity that not even the academics and historians could’ve foreseen.

From Salon Jul. 22, 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

"I am sure that you could and should have reasonably foreseen the risk," said Mr Justice Jeremy Johnson.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2026

It obviously did not; indeed, it could not have foreseen the widespread adoption of mail voting well over a century later.

From Slate Mar. 23, 2026

I knew that the man who inscribed it had foreseen these ruins and did not want his masonry identified with the wrong era.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

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

They all face similar pressures, but some have done better than others at foreseeing the danger and planning for it.

From BBC Mar. 16, 2025

The A.M.A., reflecting a now bygone era perhaps more optimistic than our own, was foreseeing a continuing tide of advances in medical science that would carry people along in good health for decade after decade.

From New York Times Dec. 28, 2023

By making careful preparations, by foreseeing possibilities, Doc hoped to make this party as non-lethal as possible without making it dull.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck




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