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as in foreknowledge
the special ability to see or know about events before they actually occur
a mysterious woman who claims to have the gift of foresight
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as in providence
concern or preparation for the future
had the foresight to realize the global importance of the Internet
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Recent Examples of foresight
Turkey must act with foresight, turning its attention now to energy diversification, climate adaptation, and efficient water management—and investing in the education and skills necessary to support the green and digital transitions.
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Ekrem Imamoglu, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2025
The human body becomes transparent to its owner, an adaptive network governed by feedback and foresight.
—Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
Falling water reserves leave Iran vulnerable Experts have been warning for years that the lack of foresight to tackle Iran’s water bankruptcy problem leaves the country increasingly vulnerable to extreme climate conditions.
—Ali Mirchi, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
That divergence traces the tenure of the retailer’s outgoing CEOs and offers a case study on the patience, foresight, awareness and quick reflexes needed to reinvent mega-billion-dollar operations on the fly in a rapidly changing world.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foresight
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But even with that foreknowledge, the moment hits us like a truck full of dynamite, aided immensely by Thurman’s explosive shock at the sight of her daughter.—
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The chat reportedly included discussions that could indicate ideological motivations, and possibly even encouragement or foreknowledge of the attack.—
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The Aeneid has a special relevance for the United States, a country founded by immigrants who fled from earlier homelands, often believing that divine providence justified their claim on a land already inhabited by many distinct groups of indigenous peoples.—
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Does providence foreordain or do characters have a say?—
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Brooker’s prescience had struck again.—
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The first is to imagine an altered future with the prescience of science fiction; Mary Shelley’s warning that humans are not always in control of their creations is, if anything, even more resonant today than when Frankenstein was first published in 1818.—
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The vision, however, was as crucial as the sound, and the vision was as yet inchoate, embryonic.—
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In any other news cycle, Disney locking horns with Google would have dominated, but such was the gravity of the Mouse House’s OpenAI agreement, that the battle was somewhat in peripheral vision.—
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Alex Wei, an entrepreneur who moved to Liangzhu in 2025, is developing an AI app based on traditional Chinese divination tools.—
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During production at Malvern Manor, every encounter was captured live using a blend of modern and time-honored ghost-hunting methods—alongside various divination techniques.—
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The safety of the citizens and the extra cost of rescues could be reduced with a little forethought and planning.—
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The truth is, most trip-derailing problems are entirely preventable with a bit of forethought and the right guidance.—
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This is the opposite of farsightedness (hyperopia), which is when objects close to you are blurry.2 Over 40% of Americans are nearsighted—and this number has actually increased from 25% of Americans in the 1970s.—
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In 1604, Johannes Kepler would be credited with the first accurate explanation of how concave lenses could correct nearsightedness, as opposed to convex glasses for farsightedness.—
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Today, similar prudence animates concerns about NATO and broader trans-Atlantic ties in an era when Europe has undergone profound transformations through mass migration, supranational governance, demographic decline, and shifting cultural priorities.—
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The organizations also claim that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s prudence requirement doesn’t allow NIPSCO to recover costs expended pursuant to an unlawful directive, according to the letter.—
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“Foresight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foresight. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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