forward-thinking

adjective

: thinking about and planning for the future : forward-looking
a forward-thinking company

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At the time, video streaming was arguably still a novelty, so the idea of building a TV show around two teens — Carly Shay (Miranda Cosgrove) and her bestie, Sam Puckett (Jennette McCurdy) — and their web series was remarkably forward-thinking of Nickelodeon. Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026 How to commemorate a religious sect that was unique, tolerant, forward-thinking, unjustly antagonized—but also short-lived, cultish, poorly documented, and fixated on fire and brimstone? Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 The men’s line mirrors the essence of Anderson’s women’s collection, which has been described as sexy, modern and forward-thinking. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025 Ngai acknowleged the company’s long history–including how the company endowed Sun Yat-sen, who later led the 1911 revolution against the Qing dynasty, with a medical scolarship–yet argued that AS Watson had to remain forward-thinking. Angelica Ang, Fortune, 19 Nov. 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 18 Jan. 2026.

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