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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forehanded
Adjective
  • However, owners should also be cautious of potential dangers and hazards of outdoor adventures, as this pet parent learned from the dog's frightful fall.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Hiring has ground to nearly a halt, which could partly reflect a more cautious approach by many firms in the wake of the uncertainty created by the higher tariffs.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Rather, the Penguins will be very careful with both of their teenagers.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And to find or develop a future CEO takes careful planning and grooming, considering today’s massive disruptions like tariff impacts and the expansive growth of AI.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Avoiding these dangers and reducing the U.S. economy’s exposure to risk requires a careful, farsighted strategy that recognizes the reality of the United States’ place in today’s world.
    Don Graves, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2025
  • No matter what compromises Lucas and our farsighted mayor at the time, Rahm Emanuel, offered, there was no compromise from this group.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
Adjective
  • My brother-in-law was not what one calls a provident father.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2024
  • For example, many cities have begun allowing parents to help their children buy an apartment using their housing provident funds, a kind of compulsory saving program in China.
    Jacky Wong, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
Adjective
  • Parents, Rappaport continued, should be proactive and stock up on essentials—such as a thermometer, acetaminophen or ibuprofen, saline spray and a humidifier—before children get sick.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Astin and Crabtree-Ireland have been proactive of late in addressing newly-emerging challenges.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This wasn’t an entirely new concept, of course, but Euro 2000 seemed a prescient example.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • While that message was certainly prescient—and one that the Party should not abandon entirely—Allsop also believes there’s room to adopt a more concrete platform against specific examples of élite corruption or the trampling of civil liberties.
    Erin Neil, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Forehanded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forehanded. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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