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foreshadow

[fawr-shad-oh, fohr-] / fɔrˈʃæd oʊ, foʊr- /


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Indeed, months of drought and heat waves tend to foreshadow the fiercest wildfires.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

Yet many of the body plans seen in those ancient animals foreshadow features that later appeared in dinosaurs, birds, and other groups.

From Science Daily May 29, 2026

Consumer sentiment has also tumbled, and while that doesn’t always mean actual spending is about to drop, it could foreshadow problems in the months ahead.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

The experience of Woodies residents foreshadow what other communities across America could experience as the frequency of costly natural disasters increases.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 11, 2026

Sturtevant’s rudimentary genetic map would foreshadow the vast and elaborate efforts to map genes along the human genome in the 1990s.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

History tells us that large and rapidly growing debt in major economies often foreshadows a financial crisis.

From Barron's Mar. 7, 2026

Viewed against such a prism, this foreshadows a period of sloppy price action or correction for the stock market.

From MarketWatch Nov. 24, 2025

Analysts suggest imminent, further base rate cuts by the Bank of England appear unlikely, and uncertainty always foreshadows a Budget.

From BBC Oct. 13, 2025

The book foreshadows the fall of Leahy but does it gingerly and with grace.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 8, 2025

He looks younger with his close-cropped hair and his stubble-free face, but the outline of his biceps foreshadows the next few years.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

A recent speech by another BOJ board member and a summary of opinions from its last meeting in April have foreshadowed a hawkish shift.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

Visitors also encountered the phonograph and early mechanical fastening devices that foreshadowed later developments in clothing closures.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

His comments upon exiting might have foreshadowed the current difficulties.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

That set foreshadowed the history lesson in Puerto Rican music Bad Bunny would soon give with "Debi Tirar Mas Fotos," which he promoted with a hometown concert residency.

From Barron's Feb. 2, 2026

Each is foreshadowed by an earlier century, but dazzles into full prominence in the twentieth.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

It was also foreshadowing for the young professionals in the audience who had not yet learned that being good at your job, or even great, wasn’t enough to keep it.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

So far, neither side is showing signs of backing down, foreshadowing a fight that could take years.

From Salon Mar. 27, 2026

Reinhart, the BNY economist, said the absence of foreshadowing makes Waller’s dissent more consequential.

From Barron's Jan. 29, 2026

Immediately after Goldman and Apple launched the card, rival issuers looked with raised eyebrows at some of the terms, foreshadowing issues that would come up in the deal talks in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 13, 2026

Beet sugar was a foreshadowing of what we have today: the Age of Science, in which sweetness is a product of chemistry, not whips.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson




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