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Recent Examples of prefigure The details are what captivate; chrome strips on the hood and sides, and exquisite chrome hood hinges prefiguring the decklid hinges on Ferrari’s 275 GTB/4. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024 Woody’s facial-recognition research in the 1960s prefigured all these technological breakthroughs and their queasy ethical implications. Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020 The index, which measures wholesale prices – and thus generally prefigures changes in the CPI – was unchanged in September from August, defying expectations from a Dow Jones survey of a 0.1% increase. Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024 Westchester County during the Revolutionary War prefigured the Wild West before that concept had entered a dime novelist’s mind. Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for prefigure
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Verb
  • The New York Yankees’ worst nightmare has come true, though there were certainly signs that foreshadowed their most devastating injury yet this spring.
    Gary Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The women's conference tournament foreshadowed a chaotic (but oh-so-good) March Madness.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Women possessed by the gods were oracles, predicting the future in cryptic utterances.
    Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Tremble didn’t have the 2024 season that many predicted.
    Alex Zietlow and, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • This implies a very strong Debt-to-Equity Ratio of 2.1% (vs. 19.0% for S&P 500).
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Jonas’ price target of $430 implies shares can rebound 93.6% over the next year from Monday’s closing level.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The fruit was heralded as far back as the year 1279 as the preferred fruit of the royal court and emperors.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In today’s fast-evolving world of digital product development, agile methodologies were once heralded as a groundbreaking approach to drive innovation, foster collaboration and deliver real value to customers.
    Federico Imparatta, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Every organization anticipates retirements and resignations.
    Sherzod Odilov, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • No one should have anticipated what Williams had done.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025

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“Prefigure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefigure. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

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