forward-looking
adjective
for·ward-look·ing
ˈfȯr-wərd-ˌlu̇-kiŋ 
: concerned with or planning for the future
Examples of forward-looking in a Sentence
a forward-looking business plan designed to take full advantage of emerging technologies
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Just as handing someone a pile of expensive film-making gear won’t turn them into the next Steven Spielberg, all the AI tokens in the world won’t turn a workforce into a forward-looking force in the market.
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Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
As a result, Moyn says, the country’s fate and character are being determined not by forward-looking people in their youth or their prime but by backward-looking ones in the final third of their lives.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
Embedded within its grim accounting is a forward-looking argument that the forces now gathering could make the 2030s the most prosperous decade in half a century — if governments act now to seize them.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 June 2026
The project is being framed as both a preservation effort and a forward-looking investment in the heart of Chinatown.
—Maddie White, CBS News, 10 June 2026
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Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
As a result, Moyn says, the country’s fate and character are being determined not by forward-looking people in their youth or their prime but by backward-looking ones in the final third of their lives.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
Embedded within its grim accounting is a forward-looking argument that the forces now gathering could make the 2030s the most prosperous decade in half a century — if governments act now to seize them.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 June 2026
The project is being framed as both a preservation effort and a forward-looking investment in the heart of Chinatown.
—Maddie White, CBS News, 10 June 2026
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“Forward-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forward-looking. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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