foreshadow
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Some said this could foreshadow a large jump in prices once the global commodity futures market reopens Sunday evening.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 1, 2026
The Tokyo figures, which often foreshadow nationwide trends, showed price pressures easing at the start of 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Strong Azure revenue should foreshadow further revenue beats in fiscal 2026.
From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025
The scene is a foreshadow, and signals that the novel will compress time, dwelling on certain details or events, while allotting mere lines to other pivotal moments, or allowing them to occur offstage, in passing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025
Sturtevant’s rudimentary genetic map would foreshadow the vast and elaborate efforts to map genes along the human genome in the 1990s.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing foreshadow
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 1
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