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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Said, written, or encountered just before; previous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of preceding, going before, or leading the way.
- Preceding; going before, in time or place or in a series; antecedent: as, a foregoing clause in a writing.
- Synonyms See
previous .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Occurring before or in front of something else, in
time ,place ,rank orsequence . - verb Present participle of
forego .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective especially of writing or speech; going before
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Examples
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But in the real world, instances don't yield general truths with anything like the haste of a typical Myers paragraph (of which the foregoing is a parody).
Book Reviews: The Misguided Anger Of A Critic themillions.com 2010
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And the foregoing is a sample of the ten days I spent in the Bonin
Chapter 16 2010
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But in the real world, instances don't yield general truths with anything like the haste of a typical Myers paragraph (of which the foregoing is a parody).
Book Reviews: The Misguided Anger Of A Critic themillions.com 2010
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If none of the foregoing is the point of the UNC Repub rally, then they should just shut the hell up.
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But there are a lot of homes on the market there at pretty reasonable prices; perhaps the foregoing is the reason.
Vista del Lago 2004
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If your reaction to the foregoing is a hearty "bravo," I would suggest that we restrain our delight, for one must also assume that the government perceptions of business that were reflected in the report were equally valid.
Towards a New BusinessGovernment Understanding in Canada 1981
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And the foregoing is a sample of the ten days I spent in the
Chapter XVI 1913
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I, Robert J. Townes, Secretary of State of the State of Texas, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original, now on file in my Department.
Texas. Legislature. Resolutions of the State of Texas, Concerning Peace, Reconstruction, and Independence. Texas. Legislature. 1865
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The foregoing is excerpted from So Much for That by Lionel Shriver.
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Those of us with Mexican partners quickly learn that all of the foregoing is necessary and MAKE the changes in our lifestyle.
Page 3 2009
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