foreshadow
Example Sentences
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The experience of Woodies residents foreshadow what other communities across America could experience as the frequency of costly natural disasters increases.
The second problem, as several early studies showed, was that GLP-1 given in large doses caused patients to vomit, foreshadowing the primary side effect of today’s blockbusters.
But markets have a way of foreshadowing future shifts.
From Barron's
Even the announcement of the Ashes squad was an anticlimactic foreshadowing of things to come.
From BBC
Consumer spending rose again in September, likely foreshadowing data showing a robust pace of economic growth in the third quarter when the long-delayed report is released a few days before Christmas.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
