Foreshadows
/ˈfɔːrʃædəʊz/
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- (v.) Indicates or suggests a future event or outcome, often used in legal narratives or reasoning to anticipate consequences.
The contract clause foreshadows potential disputes over intellectual property rights.
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Primarily used in legal writing to signal anticipatory reasoning or narrative cues about possible future developments in case law or contract interpretation.
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