foreknowledge

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Prosecutors said this was not an idle remark but clear evidence of foreknowledge.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Expert futurists, Mr. Foster shows, disagree over how much the future lends itself to human control and foreknowledge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Columbus used his foreknowledge of a lunar eclipse to force the Arawak residents of present-day Jamaica to heel in fear.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2024

The result was a uLIPSTIC, a universal platform not bound by foreknowledge of molecules, ligands, or receptors.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

It had been years since I’d had a relationship with my brother, but the loss of it, even with months of foreknowledge, stunned me.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover