foreshadow
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- foreshadower noun
Etymology
Origin of 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
Over time the address has become a vehicle for presidents to address the nation’s residents, claim legislative victories and foreshadow upcoming policy goals.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
The experience of Woodies residents foreshadow what other communities across America could experience as the frequency of costly natural disasters increases.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
England could have retained the Ashes in Perth, only for Mitchell Johnson to foreshadow the havoc he would cause four years later.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 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
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