prescient
Example Sentences
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“That turned out to be a prescient move, as oil prices have since declined.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
Lemssouguer made prescient trades ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic and the software industry selloff this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Andreessen’s prescient call foreshadowed 15 years of transformation and arguably trillions in value creation.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
“It felt prescient then,” Messineo said of engaging Martinez last year, “and I think even more so now.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
But Wilfrid Sheed, an American novelist and essayist, penned a comment just before the match ended that many would later regard as prescient.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing prescient
Power Prefix: pre-
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Vocabulary from "There Will Never Be an Age of Artificial Intimacy," by Sherry Turkle
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"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 2
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