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foresight

[fawr-sahyt, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌsaɪt, ˈfoʊr- /


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Those who hope to unplug on Friday evening with no foresight will likely find themselves restless.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

But that would involve interaction with a lot of fluids, the very agent of transmission of Ebola, so Anoko reminds them how ancestors in their culture have foresight.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Now, there’s a question of hindsight versus foresight.

From Slate May 5, 2026

In an unusual bit of foresight, Congress understood as far back as 1999 that banking organizations needed expanded powers and, most importantly, expanded technology powers if they were to compete with nonbanks.

From Barron's Dec. 19, 2025

He is one of the few who has the foresight to understand the significance of how the night’s events will one day be viewed.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Most of my work deals with the next 5 years, and it’s more about pretty obvious foresights rather than ‘predictions’.

From Forbes Jul. 8, 2014

It lifted again, and lo! his brain was full of memories and foresights.

From The Brethren by Henry Rider Haggard

I milk-ed the lowing kine and water-ed and fed the steed, and then, after my fru-gal repast, I clos-ed the man-si-on, shutting out all re-collections of the past and also foresights into the future.

From Rudder Grange by Frank Richard Stockton

"How would Black, by turning in some wrong backsights and foresights, expect to delay the building of the road, even if he wanted to do it?"

From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

"You can't seem to account for them foresights," continued Mr. Teaby, putting down his tall, thin valise and letting the empty top of it fold over.

From Strangers and Wayfarers by Sarah Orne Jewett




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