foreseen

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What Lily couldn’t have foreseen, of course, was that her amateur detective skills would become necessary when, one day, George is found dead, and the investigation by a bumbling local policeman isn’t up to snuff.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

“There may be, in the future, some slowdown. We cannot predict it. But a change in the scope of the project is not foreseen at the moment.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

And its 18,515 new orders, a measure of contract signings, came in below the 18,666 consensus had foreseen.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

He did what he did in Vasquez Perdomo; he should have foreseen the consequences.

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2025

Then it all came to pass as Wang Lung had foreseen.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck