far-sighted

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"Because of the experience of what followed in 1933, far-sighted individuals rebuilt and transformed the institutions of international law, as well as internal constitutional law."

From BBC • May 30, 2025

Ozempic is being likened to what eyeglasses are to near- or far-sighted people.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2023

“I have always sincerely admired his wisdom, his ability to make balanced, far-sighted decisions even in the most difficult situations,” Putin said in the telegram released by the Kremlin.

From Washington Times • Jun. 12, 2023

No man who amasses millions can do that without being canny and far-sighted and possessing a strategic ruthlessness that he deployed on the chessboard and at the poker table as well as in the boardroom.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2023

For Anduin, from the bend at the Harlond, so flowed that from the City men could look down it lengthwise for some leagues, and the far-sighted could see any ships that approached.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien