foreshadower

noun

Definition of foreshadowernext
as in precursor

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  1. precursor
  2. forerunner
  3. foretaste
  4. forewarning
  5. angel
  6. harbinger
  7. messenger
  8. outrider
Noun
  • Poor sleep is associated with insulin resistance (cells do not respond to insulin to take in blood glucose for energy, causing blood sugar levels to rise), which may be the precursor to prediabetes (having blood sugar levels that are not quite high enough to be considered type 2 diabetes).
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The last time the Democratic Party faced this scale of electoral defeat was also the precursor to its greatest twenty-first-century success.
    Ben Rhodes, Foreign Affairs, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of precursor
Noun
  • These projects breathed new life into the U.S. conservation movement, the forerunner of today’s climate activism.
    Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2020
  • Embrace change, become a forerunner and refuse to let emotional interference deter productivity.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of forerunner
Noun
  • The Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer’s financial performance could be a foretaste of how U.S. chip export controls to China affect tech companies.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
  • What is on track to happen in South Korea offers a foretaste of what lies in store for the rest of the world.
    Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of foretaste
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  • In this sense, the forewarning given by analysts back in the summer has been validated—that protesting locals and increased difficulty in traveling to European destinations would make American travelers think twice about heading on European cruises and vacations.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The wonderfully random explosions of spontaneous noise, all of it free of forewarning.
    Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 14 Apr. 2024
Definition of forewarning
Noun
  • Divine intervention comes in the form of Dudley (Cary Grant), an angel who helps transform the community for the better — though things take a turn when Dudley falls in love with the titular bishop's wife (Loretta Young).
    Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Medieval stories about the sacred or supernatural—demons, angels, saints, relics and visions—were set in a society where the borders between natural and supernatural were thought to have been thin or nonexistent.
    Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of angel
Noun
  • Clark’s introductory press conference with the Fever was a harbinger of things to come: a male reporter appeared to make a cringeworthy attempt at flirtation with Clark; he was suspended and prohibited from covering the Fever.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Pop Mariah Carey’s whistle register is now a harbinger of the Christmas season.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of harbinger
Noun
  • Named after the swift messenger god, Mercury rules communication, thought processes, technology and travel.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Importantly, this includes your phone dialer and messenger, the very two apps the FBI and CISA have pointed out should be encrypted if at all possible.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of messenger
Noun
  • Through the front doors — which boast double leather horse collars — the entryway features an equine sculpture placed on a piece that Churchill Downs outrider Lee Lockwood once had atop his horse.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 1 May 2024
  • Because Lezcano had help from an outrider to cross the finish line, the last-place run did not technically count as a finish in the race.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
Definition of outrider
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