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foreknowing

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noun

foreknowing

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verb

present participle of foreknow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreknowing
Verb
  • Now, the couple is eagerly anticipating the arrival of their first baby.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • With the government anticipating roughly an eight-week trial — six weeks for prosecutors and two for defense — any deviation from that schedule could be threatened by the July 4th weekend, which in turn could impact the potential jury pool.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Hess, in his earlier films, displayed a refined sense of comic timing, of scenes that hold long enough and are framed cannily enough to convey a sense of wondrous observation.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
  • With a sweep of his foot, Rice changed the trajectory of a knife-edge game in wondrous style.
    Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The team found evidence of four different plants that are associated with ancient Maya medicine and divination rituals.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Does Nashawaty, in his soothsaying capacity, even have the right decade?
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Adjective
  • Harvard University President Alan Garber released an open letter today that provided an exceptional example of leadership integrity when faced with extraordinary external pressure.
    Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • As the investigation unfolds, attention is likely to remain on both the technical aspects of the crash and the extraordinary lives lost in an instant.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • These signs seem to confirm Sahm’s augury that the economy remains healthy.
    David Thomas, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The auguries were not favorable for a Pétain acquittal.
    Robert O. Paxton, Harper's Magazine, 17 Dec. 2023
Adjective
  • All of this is made possible through the elegant, limitlessly expressive writing system that is musical notation, which is as miraculous as the alphabet itself, and can be used for purposes every bit as varied.
    Matthew Aucoin, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
  • From $280 Book now This transformation of the historic and stately National Bank into the Riggs hotel is nearly miraculous.
    Laura Dannen Redman, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Foreknowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreknowing. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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