omniscience

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Recent Examples of omniscience Gently expounded with a God-like omniscience by an unseen narrator (Will Patton), Train Dreams takes place in a space between the then and the now, being simultaneously of the past and in the moment (Bentley plays with time in unexpected ways). Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025 There’s a risk of what many Abrahamic traditions would call idolatry, since AI seems to share some attributes with different faiths’ conceptions of God, like omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, says Mr. Brenner, from AI and Faith. Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 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 See All Example Sentences for omniscience
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Noun
  • That is one future no amount of foreknowledge or planning can avoid.
    Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • The younger daughter had arrived with foreknowledge of the role her older sister had already claimed.
    Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That foresight could not have been more wrong, at least looking at yesterday and today here at Aronimink.
    Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • Bell and Ford earned admiration for their entrepreneurial acumen and foresight.
    Olivier Sylvain, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • That a machine might use my writing not only to learn about my subject matter, but also to analyze and ultimately mimic my authorial voice, points to a future that George Orwell envisioned with eerie prescience.
    Laura Beers, The Conversation, 15 Apr. 2026
  • If anything, his adaptation proves Mary Shelley’s prescience.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026

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“Omniscience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omniscience. Accessed 19 May. 2026.

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