as in cautious
having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future
a forward-looking business plan designed to take full advantage of emerging technologies
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Recent Examples of forward-looking
Part of that forward-looking approach includes deeper investment in production and technical development.
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Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 4 June 2026
The Limitations Worth Naming The deal has not closed, and the press release carries the usual forward-looking caveats about integration risk and customer retention, which carry real weight given the mismatch in scale.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The board, a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank and business membership organization, takes both present-day and forward-looking economic sentiment into account when calculating its consumer confidence index.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 27 May 2026
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, however belatedly, implemented reforms that sped up rate reviews and let insurers use forward-looking catastrophe models to price policies.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 26 May 2026
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Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 4 June 2026
The Limitations Worth Naming The deal has not closed, and the press release carries the usual forward-looking caveats about integration risk and customer retention, which carry real weight given the mismatch in scale.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The board, a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank and business membership organization, takes both present-day and forward-looking economic sentiment into account when calculating its consumer confidence index.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 27 May 2026
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, however belatedly, implemented reforms that sped up rate reviews and let insurers use forward-looking catastrophe models to price policies.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forward-looking
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The move suggests a broader shift in Tehran, where a new generation of leaders is increasingly abandoning the cautious, reactive approach that long defined the Islamic Republic’s strategy towards its adversaries.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
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Ciara is very cautious and played it slow in opening her heart up to West.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
10 June 2026
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Be careful when riding back downtown on a bike, as the hill notoriously increases cycling speed.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
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The Main Match Concealer is available in 22 shades, with careful consideration for South Asian undertones (which are often breezed by).—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
13 June 2026
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Extra deployments, additional monitoring of cameras, more intelligence sharing and even drone deployments are part of an aggressive, proactive approach in an elevated threat environment, officials say.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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In a proactive effort to further monitor fire-prone areas, the Santee City Council amended an agreement with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office on May 13 to allow the addition of 17 surveillance cameras at parks, trails and preserves.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
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Years before the reality TV craze, Real Life is scarily prescient in its depiction of lives ruined by the presence of cameras, while also operating as a hilarious observational comedy about a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
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Early in its post-war development, Walnut Creek leaders made a key decision that seems especially prescient, given the recent decline of indoor shopping malls due to the growth of online shopping and the resurgence of downtowns.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
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Aging will go much further toward happiness and satisfaction if the more farsighted among them will begin to organize societies for self-help and self-direction, rather than for the promotion of economic experiments of unknown dimensions and unforeseeable consequences.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026
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These word assemblages could then be linked to one another or branch off in entirely new directions—a farsighted idea for the time.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
12 Dec. 2025
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There’s the costs of a physical plant and filling it with inventory and putting together a strategic, visionary team to make Barneys what Barneys needs to be today.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
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But that, at least in part, is what gives her crush such a devout and visionary tenor.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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“Forward-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forward-looking. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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