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
Grand visions, even ones that prove as prescient as Washington’s, must nevertheless negotiate the damnable particularities that history in the short run tosses up before history in the long run arrives to validate the vision.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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