foretelling

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A viral thought experiment by Citrini Research foretelling mass white-collar unemployment, cratering consumer spending and financial contagion tapped into deep anxieties about the technology both on Wall Street and among the broader public.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

A foretelling of last earthly smells, whether for the hunted or the hunter.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

A number of religious sects arose foretelling the end of days.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The percussive way she rode a groove too: Listening now to “If,” from the early ’90s, I feel like she’s foretelling some of the changes to come in the blurred relationship between singing and rapping.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2022

I think back to the foretelling I read in the Commandant’s office.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir