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as in foreknowledge
the special ability to see or know about events before they actually occur
a mysterious woman who claims to have the gift of foresight
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as in providence
concern or preparation for the future
had the foresight to realize the global importance of the Internet
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Recent Examples of foresight
Fortunately, Congress had the foresight to understand both the importance of the service and the potential dangers of executive meddling, and so in 1970 walled it off from overt presidential meddling.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
A little while later, Warren listed six other attributes on his radar: discipline, accountability, work ethic, vision, foresight, leadership skills.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
As of now, Apple’s foresight into its sales trajectory suggests not only internal strength but also potential resilience in consumer spending patterns.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 31 Jan. 2025
And vigilance and foresight will be needed as these new AIs start to autonomously disrupt our financial future.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
A little while later, Warren listed six other attributes on his radar: discipline, accountability, work ethic, vision, foresight, leadership skills.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
As of now, Apple’s foresight into its sales trajectory suggests not only internal strength but also potential resilience in consumer spending patterns.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 31 Jan. 2025
And vigilance and foresight will be needed as these new AIs start to autonomously disrupt our financial future.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foresight
Noun
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Everything is either a complete accident or divine providence, the movie suggests.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
7 Feb. 2025
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The attorney general did not respond to the Statesman's questions about the providence and nature of the evidence.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American-Statesman,
17 Oct. 2024
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Twelve days later, the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generation Station in Pennsylvania experienced the single worst nuclear meltdown on record in U.S. history, giving the film unexpected prescience.—
Keaton Bell,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2025
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Just a few months after that first season concluded, the Real Housewives franchise was launched, followed by The Kardashians two years later, only confirming The Comeback’s remarkable prescience.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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His lack of physical presence was an issue for O’Neil but his game is even further removed from Pereira’s vision of an ideal centre-back, so a parting of the ways there in the summer also appears likely.—
Steve Madeley,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The arrival of the W124-generation E-Class — the first Mercedes to use that name — proved an ideal launchpad for their vision.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2025
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Spider divination In Cameroon, Mambila spider divination (nggam du)) poses difficult questions to spiders or land crabs that live in holes in the ground.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Following her magnificent turn as a Sicilian divination witch in Agatha All Along, Patti LuPone is returning to the small screen for another flashy role.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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First-degree murder charges, by contrast, reflect a more intentional killing that was carried out with some amount of forethought.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2025
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These halting responses demonstrated a lack of forethought as to how Iran was likely to respond to the new policy.—
Brett McGurk,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Jan. 2020
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Millions more are expected to experience worsening vision due to myopia (nearsightedness) or hyperopia (farsightedness), conditions that can be fixed with glasses, contacts or surgery.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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The machine can see how the eyes are focusing to check for conditions such as nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American-Statesman,
12 Dec. 2024
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Navigating Political and Ethical Considerations of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve By embracing bitcoin as a vital national reserve asset, the United States positions itself at the forefront of economic innovation, fiscal prudence, and visionary thinking.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Carroll picked contractors to do the work and agreed on a price without waiting for competing bids, authorized them to pave at night when rain forecasts would normally have halted work, and generally gave speed priority over the usual prudence.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Foresight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foresight. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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