forethought

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It simply requires a bit of forethought about temperature.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Not bad for something he quickly bashed out in bulletin format without much forethought, in response to a post a former colleague had written.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

"What we do need though is some forethought on this."

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025

It seems that the administration may have not applied its usual level of forethought and analytical rigor to this decision.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2025

Prometheus, whose name means forethought, was very wise, wiser even than the gods, but Epimetheus, which means afterthought, was a scatterbrained person who invariably followed his first impulse and then changed his mind.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton