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as in foresight
the special ability to see or know about events before they actually occur
most believers would probably agree that complete prescience is one of God's attributes
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as in providence
concern or preparation for the future
parents who had the prescience to make everything in their house childproof before the arrival of their first baby
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Recent Examples of prescience
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.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 June 2025
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
With Season 7 now on Netflix — after the questionable prescience and potency of Season 6 — IndieWire is updating our ranking of every installment.
—Steve Greene, IndieWire, 12 Apr. 2025
Both require prescience, flexibility and a profound understanding of complex frameworks.
—Boris Kreiman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 June 2025
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
With Season 7 now on Netflix — after the questionable prescience and potency of Season 6 — IndieWire is updating our ranking of every installment.
—Steve Greene, IndieWire, 12 Apr. 2025
Both require prescience, flexibility and a profound understanding of complex frameworks.
—Boris Kreiman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescience
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This can only be achieved by developing an inherently agile culture, not just toward delivering software products but with a focus on strategic foresight and business operations.—
Tipu Usha Vaithee Swaran,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Rich Auntie Way of Life Balancing joy today with foresight for tomorrow is a hallmark of the Rich Auntie way of life.—
Kara Stevens,
Essence,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Aeneid has a special relevance for the United States, a country founded by immigrants who fled from earlier homelands, often believing that divine providence justified their claim on a land already inhabited by many distinct groups of indigenous peoples.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Does providence foreordain or do characters have a say?—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
10 Aug. 2025
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But Lerner is clear that the vision goes beyond one platform.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Of course, this vision also pushes technology to adapt in ways that could benefit life on Earth.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, Absolutely was a project of divination, of spiritual conjuring.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
18 Aug. 2025
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Recently, the method of divination has had another resurgence in modern day.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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Even something simple at its face value — the new album cover image, for example — has such forethought and reasoning behind the choice.—
H. Vanbiber,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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Because platform engineering is a significant change, an additional degree of forethought is sure to go along way.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Prescience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescience. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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