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foretelling

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adjective

foretelling

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verb

present participle of foretell

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for foretelling
Noun
  • But by March 2025, that number had climbed to 16.49 million, surpassing earlier predictions by 3.69%.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Contract predictions have ranged all the way to $600 million for the 26-year-old.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • This simulation helps in predicting potential impacts and unforeseen outcomes that may arise from format adjustments.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile Chinese oil companies are predicting peak oil demand as widespread electric vehicle usage in the nation is replacing gasoline guzzlers.
    Christopher Helman, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The next budget forecast for the district will take place March 18.
    Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The Anderson forecast also cited tariffs’ more indirect consequences.
    David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Hallucinations taken as prophecy, destabilized on a middling journey to outpace, to open-chase, to claim supremacy, to reign indefinitely, haste and paste control altering deletion, unstable desire remains undefeated.
    John Werner, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The groundhog made his prediction on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and delivered his meteorological prophecy in Groundhogese.
    Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Foretelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foretelling. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

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