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How to use the word foreseen in a Sentence?

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Not only has the doctrine evolved into a subsidy for published falsehoods on a scale no one could have foreseen, it has come to leave far more people without redress than anyone could have predicted.

Neil Gorsuch

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We have long foreseen a military offensive at the end of the dead-end NCA peace process.

The KNU

Found on CNN
3 years ago

These original documents remind us of their vision and moral strength of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, a vision which helped shape and mold our country in ways neither could have foreseen. They testify to the power of original history to inspire and remind us of the great figures of the past.

Nathan Raab

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Getting 8.3 million New York City residents organized to do anything is going to be hard. I’m struck by the lack of preparation. They could have foreseen the need for a registration system months ago. As it is, they seem to be managing things on the fly.

Bill Hammond

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We'd have to guard every synagogue, every church, every mosque, every holy place in Germany around the clock, so I don't know if this was a mistake or if this really couldn't have been foreseen.

Oliver Malchow

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The care we are providing we could never have foreseen, or imagined spending what we are spending.

Ana Melgoza

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I would say that I wouldn't have foreseen that, for sure, after I won my 14th, I felt like I still had plenty more major championships that I could win, but unfortunately I just didn't do it.

Tiger Woods

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The mood was different back then and BTG Pactual and many rivals took bets on an ever-growing Brazil, even Esteves, a brilliant banker, couldn't have foreseen everything going bad at once.

Claudio Furtado

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In these circumstances, the accused must have foreseen and, therefore, did foresee that whoever was behind the toilet door might die but reconciled himself to that even occurring and gambled with that person's life, the identity of his victim is irrelevant to his guilt.

Judge Leach

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The contractual option that would allow Shell to have 100 percent of Raízen is being undone, when you marry with someone you need to have a way out. That was foreseen in the original contract. But now we already know each other, we are getting along well together, so these protection clauses are no longer necessary.

Cosan Chairman Rubens Ometto

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

That's not to sat it's coming out of ISIS HQ in Raqqa, one of the things to keep in mind is the that the Caliphate has expanded in a way that many have not foreseen. It's not necessarily taking up more terrain in Syria and Iraq, but it is getting these affiliates -- getting these sleepers -- essentially to declare allegiance and to conduct their own operations.

Michael Weiss

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Apparently Renault are going to take over Lotus. Apparently. This is what has been foreseen. Whether it will be completed, I don't know, if they don't complete it (the takeover) by Monday or put some money in soon... unless Renault come to the party, it won't happen.

Bernie Ecclestone

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Today, let's put a giant question mark over the possibility of playing that Cup in the United States, the president of one of the confederations is under arrest, the companies that own the rights have had their funds blocked...nobody can seriously say that things in the future are going to be as foreseen.

Jose Luis Meiszner

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The president of one of the confederations is under arrest, the companies that own the rights have had their funds blocked...nobody can seriously say that things in the future are going to be as foreseen.

Jose Luis Meiszner

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was 60 minutes of terror, but our finest hour has lasted 20 years. This city has progressed in a manner that none of us could have foreseen.

Oklahoma City

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This must ultimately conclude in Ukraine regaining control of its borders as foreseen in the (Minsk) plan.

European Council President Donald Tusk

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's been a tradition to see the lights on the Bund on New Year's Eve. Shanghai people know it, and the whole country knows it, the government should have foreseen the crowds on that night. Such incidents could have been avoided.

Zhao Chu

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Luxembourg, spontaneously and upon request, exchanges information on rulings with other countries, as foreseen by non-double taxation treaties, these developments are in line with Luxembourg's commitment to the initiative of the EU Commission to quickly present a draft directive aimed at introducing a mandatory automatic exchange of information on tax rulings.

The Luxembourg finance ministry

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

A danger foreseen is half-avoided.

Cheyenne Proverb

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Lighter is the wound foreseen.

Cato the Elder

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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