Thesaurus results for PREFIGURED

prefigured

verb

past tense of prefigure

as in foreshadowed

to give a slight indication of beforehand the first crocus traditionally prefigures the arrival of spring

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Recent Examples of prefigured 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 Projected on an obelisk, this narrowest of histories prefigured the commemorative distortions to follow. — Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026 That prefigured, in a much smaller and less consequential way, Iran’s own actions in blocking the Strait of Hormuz during the current crisis. — Ioana Emy Matesan, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026 The horror has come now like a storm— what if this night prefigured the night after death— what if all thereafter was an eternal quivering on the edge of an abyss, with everything base and vicious in oneself urging one forward and the baseness and viciousness of the world just ahead. — Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026 Chess by telegraph also prefigured chess played through other means of telecommunications. — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2025 The dynamic prefigured the White House of Bush 43, which the Veep largely staffed, and substantially dominated. — Karl Vick, Time, 4 Nov. 2025 Your 2018 book, The Lies That Bind, seems to have prefigured the backlash against a certain way of talking about identity—as essential or at least fixed—that was prevalent in the 2010s. — Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025

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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, 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

Definition of foreshadowed

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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

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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

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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

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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

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