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prefigure

[pree-fig-yer] / priˈfɪg yər /


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That certainly wasn’t the first time a Leonard Cohen song seemed to prefigure events that had not happened, or to capture a global state of mind before it fully coalesced.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

Early on, when the heroine, the novice Isabella, is introduced with a prayer, the music seems to prefigure “Parsifal.”

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2022

People who have received the shots two to four weeks earlier should watch for symptoms that may prefigure the onset of clotting.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2021

But Warner Bros has undergone a series of personnel shake-ups under Stankey that prefigure the HBO Max controversy.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2020

Let the fact of this great gift prefigure to us the august office of Woman.

From Modern Society by Howe, Julia Ward




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