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prefigure

[pree-fig-yer] / priˈfɪg yər /


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That certainly wasn’t the first time a Leonard Cohen song seemed to prefigure events that had not happened, or to capture a global state of mind before it fully coalesced.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

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

But Warner Bros has undergone a series of personnel shake-ups under Stankey that prefigure the HBO Max controversy.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2020

Such discourse could prefigure new restrictions on speech in Hong Kong, a possibility that seems to be inching incrementally closer.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2019

Why does the delay of thy letter prefigure at once greater pains, ah, the greatest, before my soul?

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul




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