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foresee

[fawr-see] / fɔrˈsi /


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

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Ortberg told analysts last week he did not foresee problems with Boeing's supply chain in lifting monthly MAX production to 52 jets.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

“But with that, I can’t foresee him running out there and throwing 100 pitches his first outing.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Social media and AI harm the body politic in ways Tocqueville and Lincoln couldn’t possibly foresee.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

But people did not foresee that the number of children would increase, meaning that the extra wheat would have to be shared between more children.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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

SpaceX says in its filing that it foresees $28.5 trillion—yes, trillion—in market opportunities, including data centers in space.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

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

From BBC Apr. 11, 2026

Rindos foresees eXp’s revenue rising by 3% in 2026, and expects $68 million in adjusted Ebitda, an increase of over 100%, “highlighting the operating leverage in this business as the number of transactions increase.”

From Barron's Mar. 26, 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

As governor he foresaw the economic advantages of cultivating Japanese auto manufacturers for investment in Tennessee.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 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

Playing at Knott’s has forged meaningful connections to the community in ways Dangerously never foresaw in his early rock ‘n’ roll days.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2026

Adams foresaw a very close electoral vote, perhaps even a tie with Jefferson, which would then throw the election into the House of Representatives.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

However, Shuttleworth suggested Swatch could not have foreseen violence breaking out.

From BBC May 18, 2026

Yet in 1980 could Carter’s administration have foreseen the catastrophic consequences of its decision not to attack Iran?

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

A lot of rabbits said there was nothing in it, but some thought that Fiver might have foreseen men with guns and ferrets.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

But that Qiu was in town at all suggests an intelligence failure for Beijing in not foreseeing the U.S. strike.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 5, 2026

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

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

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

Thus, when Mr. Sharpe announced his visit to the garret where I played, I was deeply troubled, foreseeing that even this species of expression might be withdrawn.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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