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prescience

[presh-uhns, -ee-uhns, pree-shuhns, -shee-uhns] / ˈprɛʃ əns, -i əns, ˈpri ʃəns, -ʃi əns /
NOUN
foresight
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
omniscience prediction


Example Sentences

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And many are crediting his prescience in getting Chevron to stay in the country all those years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

If warnings of an artificial-intelligence bubble turn out to be true, Danoff’s retirement may look, in retrospect, like a final act of market prescience.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

What does surprise is his prescience about still-relevant concerns, from a disappearing middle class to police brutality.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025

Fifteen years later, today’s report proves this point’s prescience.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2024

In her younger years, with prescience and good management, Mammachi had collected all her falling hair in a small, embroidered purse that she kept on her dressing table.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy