foreshadowed

verb

past tense of foreshadow
as in predicted
to give a slight indication of beforehand a series of small tremors that foreshadowed the massive earthquake the next day

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Recent Examples of foreshadowed When a doddering Joe Biden threatened the party’s hold on the White House and foreshadowed a 2024 congressional wipeout, Pelosi used her considerable influence to not so gently ease the president aside as Democrats’ nominee for the White House. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 But a narrow overtime loss to the Detroit Lions in the season opener foreshadowed the difficult road ahead. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Her life with George Harrison was foreshadowed by a visit to a gallery in Rome. — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026 The novel, published in 1988, foreshadowed the career to come by taking on, with disarming frankness, everything from child abuse to transracial adoption. — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Doing this for any longer is dangerous, a fact Brown foreshadowed throughout his final months in charge. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 There wasn’t mention of the drubbing that the Rams took in its opener against the 49ers, but that was perhaps foreshadowed by McVay during his interview. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026 Katie Mattic's dream and the crack in the chimney, her daughters say, foreshadowed the fracture that was to come. — Nicole Avery Nichols, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Last year's hearing foreshadowed today's battle The project has been steeped in controversy. — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreshadowed
  1. predicted
  2. heralded
  3. prefigured
  4. implied
  5. anticipated
  6. foresaw
Verb
  • Monitors predicted that total turnout in the election could reach around 70%, unseen in Serbia since 2000.
    — JOVANA GEC, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Though freezing overnight lows can still be expected throughout the month, afternoon highs are predicted to remain in the 40s before warming to the low 50s by the end of February.
    — Hali Smith October 25, Idaho Statesman, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of predicted
Verb
  • Anderson was heralded as an interpreter of songs, like his friends and mentors Haggard and Jones.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In his social media post, Means heralded those actions, as well as his efforts to reform dietary guidelines and his push for research into psychedelic medications.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of heralded
Verb
  • Other Black families tried to hold on under the new regime but ultimately found Wilmington untenable and moved north, joining a local exodus that prefigured the Great Migration.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
  • In July 1962, Froio prefigured her lifelong involvement with the Hamptons by writing a piece for WWD about what was selling at the boutiques in West Hampton, commenting on the merchandise at stores called Le Sorelle (The Sisters) and Treasure Trove.
    — Lorna Koski, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
Definition of prefigured
Verb
  • The intensity of the filmmaker-subject relationship—in addition to any potential untrustworthiness—is almost always implied, if not explicit.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • When Reuss made the comments in 2022 it was implied, though not explicitly stated, that an electric Corvette would be part of this C8 generation.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of implied
Verb
  • Traditional systems can branch, but only along routes someone anticipated and coded beforehand.
    — Maria Scott, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The architects of the Constitution anticipated that officials in different branches would compete to preserve their authority.
    — Stephanie A, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of anticipated
Verb
  • The head coach foresaw a transition taking place over a 12-to-18-month period, whereby Trafford would eventually usurp Pope, now 34.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Not long ago, Phillies management foresaw Miller as Bohm’s inevitable replacement.
    — Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of foresaw

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“Foreshadowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreshadowed. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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