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foreseen
adjective as in anticipated
Strong match
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Solyndra ultimately failed because of global industrial changes that few could have foreseen.
The GOP is on track to keep control of the Senate and gain rather than lose seats in the House — outcomes congressional Democratic leaders did not foresee.
Neeraj Agrawal, a spokesperson for the nonprofit crypto research group Coin Center, told Fortune that he doesn’t foresee major changes in political attitudes toward crypto, given that Congress will likely remain split after this week’s election.
“We didn’t foresee being able to expand on those numbers too much.”
Alankar foresees the possibility of a downward spiral in the dollar that would severely curtail the foreign purchases of Treasurys sorely needed to sustain our gigantic borrowing without causing a crisis.
Of course, nobody could have foreseen that the floor would begin to crack.
That is, the political ramifications of most votes these people take can be very easily foreseen.
He had been the least violent of lawbreakers and nobody could have foreseen that he would suffer such a death.
Or, perhaps, one that could have been foreseen only with 20/20 hindsight.
Why did I say it was alarming that this present state of affairs was not foreseen by the West?
It was a difficulty foreseen long ago in Socialist discussions, but never completely met by the thorough-paced Communist.
As he had foreseen, the business of the house rapidly increased: its returns were great.
And new consequences, still more disastrous than any she had foreseen, presented themselves one after another.
Malcolm had foreseen this pitfall in the smooth road that was seemingly opening before him.
But death—the taking of life—was a selective process, intentionally executed, the result a foreseen conclusion.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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