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[fawr-see] / fɔrˈsi /


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This is going to be painful in ways that you can’t foresee, but if you remain adaptable and empathetic, you could be embarking on an illuminating chapter of your life.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

"What we did not foresee is that this project would end up being his last major commission," he added.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

To be sure, economists don’t foresee the AI build-out fueling anything like the inflation surge the U.S. experienced when the economy reopened following the Covid-19 crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Economists attribute increased union activity to inflation and a tight labor market, but some foresee regulatory headwinds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

"What did you expect? Capricorn knew where you lived. Anyone could foresee that he’d send his men out when you’d escaped him. He always takes revenge."

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

In its first look into 2027, the International Energy Agency said it foresees the return of an oil glut due to record investments.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

Shares rose in early European trade as the liquor group foresees a return to sustainable organic sales growth in the year ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

Rindos foresees eXp’s revenue rising by 3% in 2026, and expects $68 million in adjusted Ebitda, an increase of over 100%, “highlighting the operating leverage in this business as the number of transactions increase.”

From Barron's Mar. 26, 2026

The project foresees the building of up to 6,000 new sites, with construction expected to take place in phased deployment over multiple years, Swisscom said.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

And it matters very little what one does or foresees, since if one does not separate or scatter the inhabitants, they will not forget that name or those institutions.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Has the office served its purpose, or has it lingered one bureaucracy layered on top of a bunch of other bureaucracies, as some critics foresaw?

From Slate Jun. 15, 2026

Ironically, Brooks was sometimes mocked as too moderate by his more bloodthirsty constituents because he opposed premature secession, although he foresaw and supported the eventual breakup of the Union.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

But it is unlikely, as it strategised ahead of commencing the attacks on Iran, that the US fully foresaw some of these economic consequences.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2026

The average analyst estimate calculated by FactSet foresaw a loss of 7 cents per share.

From MarketWatch Nov. 6, 2025

He foresaw a new day for the race.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

Friday listing foreseen for South Korea’s second biggest company.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

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

It obviously did not; indeed, it could not have foreseen the widespread adoption of mail voting well over a century later.

From Slate Mar. 23, 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

And he thought of Wormtail, dead because of one small unconscious impulse of mercy....Dumbledore had foreseen that....How much more had he known?

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

But that Qiu was in town at all suggests an intelligence failure for Beijing in not foreseeing the U.S. strike.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 5, 2026

He is shifting Brazil exposure to longer-term bonds, foreseeing a “neutral” interest rate of 10% to 11%, eventually.

From Barron's Dec. 23, 2025

Zarqa Al Yamama is the story of a blue-eyed tribal matriarch with the gift of foreseeing the future in pre-Islamic Arabia.

From BBC Apr. 26, 2024

The A.M.A., reflecting a now bygone era perhaps more optimistic than our own, was foreseeing a continuing tide of advances in medical science that would carry people along in good health for decade after decade.

From New York Times Dec. 28, 2023

“Send your wife up to the wedding,” exclaimed the Doctor, foreseeing a happy solution.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin




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