as in cautious
having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future
prescient environmentalists and politicians who long ago made sure that these beautiful areas would forever be spared from development
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Recent Examples of prescient
Its satirical video, depicting politicians descending into an all-out fistfight, proved especially prescient during the fevered atmosphere of the 2016 election cycle.
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Spin Staff,
SPIN,
17 June 2026
The chess board will look much different Friday, but in the friendly, Alfaro made some mid-game adjustments that could become prescient when the two sides meet again.
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Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
Years before the reality TV craze, Real Life is scarily prescient in its depiction of lives ruined by the presence of cameras, while also operating as a hilarious observational comedy about a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
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Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
Early in its post-war development, Walnut Creek leaders made a key decision that seems especially prescient, given the recent decline of indoor shopping malls due to the growth of online shopping and the resurgence of downtowns.
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Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
Written in 2019, the book also feels prescient about the fast fashion landscape that Riley’s film lampoons.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
Jules will step away from a giant canvas to reveal an eerily prescient work of art, pack up her paints, and drive away from her sugar daddy and off into the sunset.
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Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
The statement was prescient, because Colombia never did recover.
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Roberto Andrés,
The Dial,
28 May 2026
Again, that feels like an eerily prescient message for our own time.
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Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
Spin Staff,
SPIN,
17 June 2026
The chess board will look much different Friday, but in the friendly, Alfaro made some mid-game adjustments that could become prescient when the two sides meet again.
—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
Years before the reality TV craze, Real Life is scarily prescient in its depiction of lives ruined by the presence of cameras, while also operating as a hilarious observational comedy about a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
Early in its post-war development, Walnut Creek leaders made a key decision that seems especially prescient, given the recent decline of indoor shopping malls due to the growth of online shopping and the resurgence of downtowns.
—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
Written in 2019, the book also feels prescient about the fast fashion landscape that Riley’s film lampoons.
—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
Jules will step away from a giant canvas to reveal an eerily prescient work of art, pack up her paints, and drive away from her sugar daddy and off into the sunset.
—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
The statement was prescient, because Colombia never did recover.
—
Roberto Andrés,
The Dial,
28 May 2026
Again, that feels like an eerily prescient message for our own time.
—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescient
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Berkeley adopted a more cautious approach.
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The data also points to a more cautious approach to automation than much of the AI industry’s messaging might suggest.
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China walked a careful diplomatic line during the conflict.
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All that plus nightly turndown service and 24-hour room service reflect the careful attention paid to guests at Moon Palace The Grand—Cancun.
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In another farsighted plot point, Verne has his characters attempt a course-correction burn using firework-like rockets.
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Aging will go much further toward happiness and satisfaction if the more farsighted among them will begin to organize societies for self-help and self-direction, rather than for the promotion of economic experiments of unknown dimensions and unforeseeable consequences.
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Operating one of the widest networks in the world, which includes higher-risk destinations as well, requires a proactive and case-by-case approach to security and risk management.
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Gen Z is a financially proactive generation – interested in finance, willing to talk openly about financial struggles and engaging financial advisors sooner than previous generations.
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John Maynard Keynes dreamed of an end to work, and some of the most radical and visionary progressive utopias today involve envisioning an abundant society beyond the need for labor.
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In addition to receiving the now annual award, which will be dubbed the Evie, Evie and Stephen Colbert established the Evelyn McGee Colbert Visionary Fund to provide Montclair Film with resources to highlight visionary industry leaders and create community through storytelling.
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In California, a regulatory framework that prevented forward-looking risk pricing drove seven of the state's twelve largest insurers to restrict or withdraw new business by 2022.
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Designed as an immersive experience rather than a traditional retrospective, the exhibition highlights Marimekko’s forward-looking approach to the art of printmaking.
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