Foreshadows

/ˈfɔːrʃædəʊz/

Definitions

  1. (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.

Commentary

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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