Example Sentences

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You can’t know everything that will happen, but thinking through as much as you can will forestall a lot of bad outcomes.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Production ramping up elsewhere and slower demand growth due to China’s lockdowns will forestall a big deficit, the Paris-based IEA said.

From Reuters • May 12, 2022

The stronger job market will forestall foreclosures and distressed sales, and the housing shortage will put a proverbial floor under prices in many communities.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2022

Environmentalists are worried that oil will forestall development of renewable energy and that the government and oil companies are not fully prepared to prevent a possible spill.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2018

When you are safe in England I will forestall him in Berlin.

From The Men Who Wrought by Cullum, Ridgwell