farseeing

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Weather forecasting has gotten steadily more accurate and farseeing over the past few decades, one of the many ways that science saves lives.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2022

The pairing seems to echo the hero-king duality of so many male portraits: Tubman is sitting, in charge, farseeing, while Taylor has the classical, active contrapposto of an ancient athlete.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2021

Mark Zuckerberg had been named Time’s person of the year in 2010; in the hagiographic cover photo, his eyes were oceanic and farseeing, dreaming up ingenious new ways to forge human bonds.

From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2020

Recorded several months before the election, the album feels farseeing if not prophetic in its accounting of current affairs.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 1, 2016

As he got ready, businessmen spoke of him as farseeing, forward-looking, progress-minded.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck