as in predicting
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as in foreseeing
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as in anticipating
to realize or know about beforehand
what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring?
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreknowing
Verb
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But, as of now, Guerin’s anticipating re-signing Rossi — not trading him — whether to a bridge deal or a long-term deal.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024 -
Stay ahead by anticipating the skills your organization will need and aligning hiring practices accordingly.—
Mo Hamzian,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In a new book, Elaine Pagels searches for the narrative origins of Jesus’s most wondrous acts.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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Theirs sits on the ground, just bare bulbs screwed into the ends of copper piping strung with wires, powering through a wondrous cycle of dimming and illumination, conjuring electricity’s arrival to the Marble Palace long ago.—
Lori Waxman,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Spider divination In Cameroon, Mambila spider divination (nggam du)) poses difficult questions to spiders or land crabs that live in holes in the ground.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Following her magnificent turn as a Sicilian divination witch in Agatha All Along, Patti LuPone is returning to the small screen for another flashy role.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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It’s told in flashback to Simba and Nala’s daughter, Kiara, by the soothsaying mandrill Rafiki, with the meerkat Timon and the warthog Pumbaa goofing on the sidelines.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2024
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Does Nashawaty, in his soothsaying capacity, even have the right decade?—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2024
Adjective
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Moral Feelings, Moral Reality, and Moral Progress by Thomas Nagel Omer Bartov ‘Infinite License’ The memory of the Holocaust has, perversely, been enlisted to justify both the eradication of Gaza and the extraordinary silence with which that violence has been met.—
Catherine Hall,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2025
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In July 2025, Haas will offer travelers an extraordinary journey through Colombia, providing insights into the resilience, history, and contributions of Afro-descendant communities.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These signs seem to confirm Sahm’s augury that the economy remains healthy.—
David Thomas,
Forbes,
16 Oct. 2024
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The auguries were not favorable for a Pétain acquittal.—
Robert O. Paxton,
Harper's Magazine,
17 Dec. 2023
Adjective
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One traffic violation on a Kansas highway led to the miraculous rescue of a 6-year-old girl who had been kidnapped.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Colorado State’s Jalen Lake hit a miraculous triple over high hands in similar circumstances.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Foreknowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreknowing. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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