foreruns

verb

present tense third-person singular of forerun
as in implies
to give a slight indication of beforehand the moral decay that traditionally foreruns the decline of a mighty empire

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  1. implies
  2. predicts
  3. foreshadows
Verb
  • This implies that even if the Federal Reserve acts again before year end, any movement would more likely represent a limited policy fine tuning grounded in inflation and employment data.
    — , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Cutter’s statement implies that similar to season one, season two could also end on a cliffhanger.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of implies
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  • The methodology predicts how soil conditions interact with structural foundations during an earthquake.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The lonely runner conjecture predicts that, at some point, a runner will be maximally distant from all the other runners—the saddest, loneliest phase of the race.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of predicts
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  • Early on, there’s a moment that foreshadows what the real debate is (or should be).
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
  • While purple has come to represent Swift’s Speak Now era, during that London outing, Swift wore a lilac purple dress with flowers, which fans are convinced foreshadows the primary color and aesthetics of the singer’s 13th LP.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of foreshadows
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“Foreruns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreruns. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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