1
as in carefulness
a close attentiveness to avoiding danger
advised to use some old-fashioned prudence when agreeing to meet face-to-face with an online acquaintance
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as in expediency
suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances
prudence would call for a little more caution in such a delicate situation
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as in wisdom
the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters
in the long run, prudence will pay off more often than taking wild risks
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Recent Examples of prudence
But there also is plenty to be said about Micky Arison and his family acting with the type of patience and prudence not seen when James Dolan and the Knicks summarily axed Tom Thibodeau in the wake of New York advancing to the conference finals for the first time in a quarter century.
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2025
However, obstacles, chief among them the Kings’ apparent commitment to patience and prudence, abound.
—Sam Amick, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Managing The Risk Of Abuse While the benefits of letting customers keep unwanted products are compelling, CMOs must balance generosity with prudence.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
This approach balances fiscal prudence with the need for meaningful oversight.
—Dick Simpson, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for prudence
Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2025
However, obstacles, chief among them the Kings’ apparent commitment to patience and prudence, abound.
—Sam Amick, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Managing The Risk Of Abuse While the benefits of letting customers keep unwanted products are compelling, CMOs must balance generosity with prudence.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
This approach balances fiscal prudence with the need for meaningful oversight.
—Dick Simpson, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for prudence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prudence
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In the meantime, Chicago’s humanities professors appear largely determined to resist being evaluated in terms of expediency.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
26 Aug. 2025
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All of these things, probably, but only in the sense that almost every politician is sometimes forced to sacrifice ideals for the sake of expediency.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Blue Zones Travel: Longevity Through Lifestyle Sometimes the oldest wisdom proves most effective.—
Meggen Harris,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Many global examples show the wisdom of a political system that checks the executive power by placing policing under local control.—
Joel Day,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
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Yet the combination of startle, confusion, at least nineteen warning and caution messages, inconsistent information, and lack of recent experience hand-flying the aircraft led the crew to enter a dangerous stall.—
David Autor,
The Atlantic,
24 Aug. 2025
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On especially hot summer days, err on the side of caution.—
Heather Riske,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Aug. 2025
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Still, how easily these customization plays can be integrated with the existing model — one got the sense from the announcement about the four personalities game for the AI replication that many more were not — remains to be seen.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
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Dena Franks is a hard worker, in the most positive sense.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
20 Aug. 2025
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Through it all, the mission has stayed constant: environmental stewardship and community care.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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But Black parents have had to quit or pass up a job twice as often as white parents due to child care complications.—
Theodore A. Moore,
New York Daily News,
19 Aug. 2025
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Highways were often placed not for logistical necessity but for racial and economic expedience, creating literal barriers between white downtowns and Black communities.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
25 Aug. 2025
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There is less the actors can do about the script’s overreliance on Wikipedia dramaturgy, that bald expedience in which facts deemed useful to the story are only partly digested as dialogue.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Lots of Sneaking, Multiple Perspectives When Resident Evil Requiem debuted at the Summer Game Fest, Capcom emphasized that the new protagonist, FBI agent Grace Ashcroft, must rely on her wits and less on her strength to survive.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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This new play pulses with live music, quick wit, and backstage mayhem, capturing the electric atmosphere of a cultural revolution in the making.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
20 Aug. 2025
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Because of that dual industrial desirability, many of them—namely, PFCAs and PFSAs—are also surfactants, used, for example, as water and grease repellents.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
22 Aug. 2025
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That combination of scarcity and desirability stiffens competition and drives up prices, DeJohn says.—
Talia Wexler,
CNBC,
30 July 2025
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“Prudence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prudence. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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