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Recent Examples of omniscience
The poet, who died in 1976, injects mournful omniscience into explorations of heartache.
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The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
This reciprocal gaze reinforces our sense of being shown an all-encompassing space, while the steadfastly linear perspective implies a kind of stable omniscience.
—Sarah C. Schaefer, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Watching your favorite team navigate the perils of the battlefield can be stressful, especially with the godlike omniscience of what’s happening all around them — something the players themselves never know.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
My omniscience evaporates outside the subject/object divide.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
This reciprocal gaze reinforces our sense of being shown an all-encompassing space, while the steadfastly linear perspective implies a kind of stable omniscience.
—Sarah C. Schaefer, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Watching your favorite team navigate the perils of the battlefield can be stressful, especially with the godlike omniscience of what’s happening all around them — something the players themselves never know.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
My omniscience evaporates outside the subject/object divide.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for omniscience
Noun
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May this article inspire you to take proactive steps to explore options and prepare for the care your parents deserve, with compassion and foresight.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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After living under a state government often characterized by inaction, regression or outright hostility to such progressive values, California’s governance is a relative model of responsiveness and foresight.—
DeAndre Evans,
Mercury News,
25 June 2025
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While talks fell apart back in the day, coming away from a global pandemic can serve as an inspiration for a director and scribe whose previous work on the subject seemed prescience for a year when 2020 was destitute and shut down.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
18 June 2025
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Twenty years later, A Day Without a Mexican is having a second life — streaming on Amazon Prime and being referenced all over social media for its eerie prescience.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025
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“Omniscience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omniscience. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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