forward-thinking
adjective
: thinking about and planning for the future : forward-looking
a forward-thinking company
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That’s not the sort of forward-thinking transfer the club should be conducting this window.
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Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Gibbs-White is a potent force on the transition, too, forward-thinking and positive in his passing to find speedy wingers with quick, sweeping passes.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 11 July 2025
The house that Ernst Hahn built for his family in 1968 on that patch of scrub was also forward-thinking.
—Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Virgin is most forward-thinking in its philosophical perspective; the music is a bristling, enthusiastic tour of the expected.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 June 2025
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Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Gibbs-White is a potent force on the transition, too, forward-thinking and positive in his passing to find speedy wingers with quick, sweeping passes.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 11 July 2025
The house that Ernst Hahn built for his family in 1968 on that patch of scrub was also forward-thinking.
—Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Virgin is most forward-thinking in its philosophical perspective; the music is a bristling, enthusiastic tour of the expected.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for forward-thinking
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“Forward-thinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forward-thinking. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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