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foresees

verb

present tense third-person singular of foresee

as in anticipates

to realize or know about beforehand a freak accident that no one could possibly have foreseen

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Recent Examples of foresees Looking to the future, Mastrangelo foresees an industrywide return to small-batch practice as a template for sustaining one’s business. — Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026 In fact, Rystad foresees oil at $85-$90 per barrel in the last three months of the year, and falling to $80-$82 next year if Hormuz is reopened. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 Last month, Semafor reported that Amazon’s sustainability chief foresees a multi-year uptick in the company’s carbon footprint. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Head coach Mike Vrabel foresees the Patriots making a move to add at the position coming out of minicamp. — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026 Analyst Wamsi Mohan foresees pricing power for the company to remain strong, as memory shortages due to high demand from the AI buildout linger. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 8 June 2026 Weeks after slashing his staff by 40%, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payments company Block, foresees middle management’s complete extinction. — Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026 Under that scenario, Mahdavi foresees gas prices jumping to $5 or $6 a gallon. — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2026 By planting more apple and apricot trees, Lutticken foresees freeze-drying fruit for year-round consumption. — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026

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The plan anticipates state support, while private investment is expected to total about $2 billion.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026
But Lamont anticipates Connecticut will need much of that funding next year to assist families losing federal tax credits that help pay for health insurance and to mitigate new federal cutbacks in Medicaid coverage.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026

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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

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