foretokening

present participle of foretoken

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for foretokening
Verb
  • Colbert will voice Starfleet Academy’s Digital Dean of Students, giving daily announcements to the students and alerting them of anything that needs their immediate attention.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In a viral clip, shared on Instagram in September under the username @dharmas_dogs, the senior pup wakes up from his nap as the poster calls them over for breakfast, alerting his hard-of-hearing sister before heading to eat.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The banks are discussing an emergency loan backed by Argentine assets, the people said, while cautioning that talks are ongoing and specific collateral is still being ironed out.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Geeta Kapadia, chief investment officer at Fordham University, echoed similar concerns, cautioning that mass retail flows could upend how private markets function.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Tellingly, these names belonged to a deceased mother and son, foreshadowing that Willa will eventually become a kind of parent to Bob.
    Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Several of the country’s biggest news outlets are publicly pushing back on the rules, foreshadowing a potential legal battle.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • McNeill said he’s been sitting at home in recent weeks, visualizing himself making plays for this defense.
    Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Next, leading multimodal AI teams invest in data-centric infrastructure that promotes collaboration and encourages visualizing model performance, not just measuring it.
    Brian Moore, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Still others were envisioning future scenarios where a president illegally seizes power in a coup.
    Ryan Kennedy, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Looking ahead — as in envisioning your presence at upcoming business events — can expose you to opportunities that broaden your perspective.
    Sarah Maokosy, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Robert and Michelle King are known for predicting the future.
    Scarlett Harris, Time, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Even with the benefit of polling data and insights from primaries and historical trends, predicting the winners of traditional political elections is difficult.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Luke Combs is previewing his upcoming album with the new three-song EP The Prequel.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Meta has been previewing early versions of its wristband for more than four years.
    David Ingram, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Local officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning at Philadelphia’s Calder Gardens, the new sanctuary honoring pathbreaking sculptor Alexander Calder, presaging its opening to the public, which is set for September 21.
    News Desk, Artforum, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Foretokening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foretokening. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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