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foreshadowing
adjective as in augural
adjective as in mantic
adjective as in prophetic
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adjective as in sibylline
adjective as in vatic
adjective as in vatical
adjective as in vaticinal
noun as in foreboding
noun as in forewarning
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noun as in portent
noun as in revelation
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noun as in sign
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noun as in signification
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- assurance
- augury
- auspice
- badge
- beacon
- bell
- caution
- clue
- divination
- evidence
- flag
- flash
- foreboding
- foreknowledge
- foretoken
- forewarning
- gesture
- giveaway
- harbinger
- herald
- hint
- index
- indication
- indicator
- light
- manifestation
- mark
- nod
- note
- omen
- portent
- precursor
- prediction
- premonition
- presage
- presentiment
- prognostic
- proof
- signal
- stamp
- suggestion
- symbol
- symptom
- token
- trace
- vestige
- warning
- wave
- whistle
- wink
- witness
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noun as in sign of things to come
noun as in threat
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Example Sentences
An ominous undertone, foreshadowing the unchecked slaughter to come, could be heard on October 8, 2023, the day after the Hamas attack on Israel resulted in close to 1,200 deaths.
And plus, I like how you did that, kind of foreshadowing this episode with the two shows that you picked.
To optimize space, he proposed a bold new concept — circular office buildings — unwittingly foreshadowing what would later become his most iconic project.
Then, in a foreshadowing of the police statement he would make the following day, the boy went back to the account he had been asked to write about the previous week's fight.
For a fantasy about the midlife and times of a writer, “And Just Like That” is stubbornly ignorant of metaphors and foreshadowing.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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