How to Use forward-looking in a Sentence

forward-looking

adjective
  • In the end, this shapes their forward-looking view of a rising sector.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
  • So, what does this mean for forward-looking companies?
    Jim Bureau, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • And their latest film, though it's set firmly in the past, might just be their most forward-looking yet.
    WIRED, 20 June 2023
  • The stock market is a forward-looking machine, with a motor that just won't quit.
    CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • There are plenty of forward-looking ideas in this year’s campaigns, from both parties.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • That’s why the most forward-looking states are turning high school into the launchpad.
    Vicki Phillips, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • But investing is a forward-looking game.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 18 May 2026
  • Her album is probably the most forward-looking new pop albums of the year.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But, then again, the market is a forward-looking machine with a motor that never stalls out.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The third path is to build a forward-looking scenario that defines a future state and works backward to the present.
    Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • That's because stocks this year have been boosted by strong earnings and forward-looking forecasts.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The judgment was notably forward-looking and turned out to be exemplary.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Nvidia doesn't provide more than one quarter of forward-looking guidance at earnings.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Burnie the Bobcat is an outgrowth of that forward-looking vision.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • If laid off, tell a forward-looking story about resilience, learning, and impact.
    Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This part of your narrative should be forward-looking and inspiring.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • During Roberts’ pregame scrum, the manager echoed the same forward-looking tone.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
  • Our nation’s growth has always been fueled by smart, forward-looking policies.
    Pat Gelsinger, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
  • On the one hand, this marks Lennon, for all his forward-looking rhetoric, as a man with one foot stuck in an older era (which is no crime).
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • For forward-looking leaders, now is the time to start thinking about what tasks make up a job, and how those roles will evolve going forward.
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The opposite is true when the perception of forward-looking risk is lower.
    Ivan Illan, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • This is a forward-looking feature, one that may have more impact on the average user in the future.
    PCMAG, 23 Jan. 2025
  • That’s a big sign of forward-looking confidence from management.
    Paulina Likos,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
    Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Nobody does palace hotels quite like India–and this one feels both deeply historic yet forward-looking, too.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Her work reinforces the idea that the best decisions are not just timely but also forward-looking.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
  • The settlement has two major parts, one backward-looking and one forward-looking.
    Becky Sullivan, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
  • But instead the Rams took the forward-looking approach with Simpson.
    Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The key, of course, is that Xi makes a dramatic pivot toward doing things in a more forward-looking way.
    William Pesek, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • And a raft of forward-looking data suggests that inflation will continue to cool.
    Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2024

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