prefigure

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Exhibited in New York in 1952, the works prefigure the Pop Art movement by a decade; Warhol began drawing and painting dollar signs in the early 1960s.

From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2022

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

They prefigure his retreat from music and now, his death.

From The Guardian • Feb. 26, 2019

You are so intelligent, and it's a blessing—whereby I prefigure it as a luxury to have a go at you.

From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry