had foreseen
- past perfect of foresee.
Example Sentences
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In March, the market did experience a broadening many investors had foreseen, though not in the direction most wanted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
And its 18,515 new orders, a measure of contract signings, came in below the 18,666 consensus had foreseen.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
Sure enough, as Graves had foreseen, in August of last year the judge sided with the Latino plaintiffs.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2024
The biological oceanographer had foreseen the coming temperature spikes in forecasting models he’d helped develop.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 22, 2023
At the beginning of December the long-awaited interview, which many had foreseen as an interminable argument, was resolved in less than an hour.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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