prefigurement

noun

Definition of prefigurementnext
as in foretaste

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  1. foretaste
  2. portent
  3. indication
  4. omen
  5. symptom
  6. harbinger
  7. clue
  8. presage
Noun
  • On the announcement day, Astera Labs jumped about 11% and Rocket Lab around 9%, a foretaste of the flows to come.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • However, there is a way to get a foretaste of the menu.
    — Ella Gonzales May 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Definition of foretaste
Noun
  • Grâce à la merveilleuse découverte de la Science Chrétienne, nos prières pour le monde sont efficaces et portent leurs fruits.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Another way to see the Wasian moment is less as a portent of Asians being absorbed into whiteness and more as evidence of the desire to not allow that to happen.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of portent
Noun
  • There’s no indication that the five most recent shootings, including two in the Cape Town area and one south of the city of Durban, are linked.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • There is no indication when the center will announce this year's honorees.
    — Steven Portnoy, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of indication
Noun
  • Could this be an omen for tonight’s game and the rest of the series against the Dodgers?
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Now, traders are assessing what the moves mean for a swath of assets and wondering whether yields’ rapid climb is an omen that something could break in the market.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of omen
Noun
  • Among various scientific projects, his NCBRS Worldwide Foundation is partnering with the University of Dusseldorf to map the variance in the severity of symptoms seen across NCBRS patients.
    — Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • In Congo, where the outbreak has spread to seven provinces, responders have faced attacks on health teams, misinformation about the virus, a failure by locals to report symptoms and rebel violence that has limited access to treatment centers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of symptom
Noun
  • Related What were once blips on the modern music timeline now feel like harbingers of things to come for 2027.
    — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Was 2025 the fluke of flukes or a harbinger of something worse to come for Andy Reid and friends?
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of harbinger
Noun
  • Investigators are still combing through the suspects' cellphones, dashboard cameras and other devices for clues about potential links to Iran.
    — Steve Hendrix, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The asteroid is believed to have formed in the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Neptune, and could offer clues as to how water and other organic materials were distributed in the early solar system as the planets began to form.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of clue
Noun
  • Sometimes, the departure of an underperforming executive or official presages improvements ahead.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • But a lack of accountability presages failure for California’s big reform.
    — Rachel Canter, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of presage
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