foreshadow

Example Sentences

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None of these developments in themselves constitute or necessarily foreshadow a crisis.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

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

While the novel’s title and early chapters foreshadow certain answers, readers will still find themselves tearing through pages and rooting for this little-known community and the families that lead it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 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