- past participle of foresee.
foreseen
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
Would you have foreseen that, after you got back together, you and Rich would release two albums in less than two years?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“If I could have foreseen ten years ago how things would happen, I’ve have cleared out too. I’m too old now. And besides, I’ve got my daughters and grandchildren here.”
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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