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verb

past participle of forego
as in preceded
to go or come before in time if the sparse crowds are any indication of the public's interest in the presidential candidate, then his reputation obviously foregoes him

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Adjective
  • Earlier in his press conference, Simeone refused to add that past shootout losses to Madrid - in the 2016 UCL final for example - weighed heavily on his men.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Former players on the cover include Reggie Bush, Tim Tebow and Denard Robinson, all past individual cover stars for previous editions of the game, perhaps indicating a legends cover.
    Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Broncos kicked a field goal on their opening possession to extend the lead to 11 points once again, but the special teams blunder — and the poor clock management that preceded it — kept haunting the Broncos.
    Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Historically, the relationship between Black Americans and the American South—in both the art world and the world writ large—is reduced to that of oppression and enslavement, with little attention paid to the creative and scientific innovations that both preceded and followed emancipation.
    Evan Nicole Brown, ARTnews.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Photo : Darin Schnabel, courtesy of RM Sotheby's The interior is evocative of a bygone era where toggle switches were standard and seat belts were optional.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Childhood under threat As a child worker, Miss Huang might seem like an uncanny ghost of a bygone era of childhood.
    Anna Mae Duane, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Trump was tightening the screws after his explosive Oval Office meeting Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the U.S. leader tries to pressure the erstwhile American ally to embrace peace talks with its invader.
    Zeke Miller, Twin Cities, 4 Mar. 2025
  • There is also Mona’s erstwhile friend Vanessa, once Milton’s latest young discovery, who fell fervidly in love with him, not realizing the danger to her nascent acting career if their affair should end.
    Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Obligations 2 from that series has circulated heavily on Instagram and Reddit threads, in response to the pandemic and other moments of collective mourning.
    Melissa Ragain, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The only other Heat players with at least 200 3-pointers in a season were Tim Hardaway (1996-97), Damon Jones (2004-05) and Wayne Ellington (2017-18).
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Legislators and local officials could change some of this and let the stricken communities try to recapture their former character.
    Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
  • After making the cut in Puerto Vallarta, Brown was invited to appear on the CBS show 'Happy Hour', hosted by former PGA Tour player Smylie Kaufman.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Chicago thrillers feature college student and sometime dog obedience trainer Cory Pratt, who lives with his sister Crystal Pratt, an investigator in the violent crimes section of the Chicago police department.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The best chance of precipitation will be from sometime Saturday afternoon into Sunday.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • On the other line: Cary Grant, Loren’s two-time costar and onetime love interest.
    Eric Andersson, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
  • In August, 2022, six months after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, a cultural festival named Traditions was held outside Moscow, at the onetime summer retreat of Alexander Pushkin.
    James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Foregone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foregone. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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