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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
If anything, his adaptation proves Mary Shelley’s prescience.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
In a bit of prescience, Wallace explains how consumerist culture can prime a state for fascism.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
Carlson never went that far, but Murdoch didn’t forget his prescience.
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Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
Brooker’s prescience had struck again.
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Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
31 Dec. 2025
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
In a bit of prescience, Wallace explains how consumerist culture can prime a state for fascism.
—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
Carlson never went that far, but Murdoch didn’t forget his prescience.
—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
Brooker’s prescience had struck again.
—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
31 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prescience
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescience
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The advisors entrusted with guiding substantial fortunes must combine technical expertise, strategic foresight and an ability to serve clients whose financial lives often span businesses, generations and continents.
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Whether that confidence reads, in time, as foresight or as a high-water mark is the part no term sheet can settle.
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That there is no providence, only circumstance.
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Many live and die convinced that random chance is divine providence.
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That is one future no amount of foreknowledge or planning can avoid.
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The younger daughter had arrived with foreknowledge of the role her older sister had already claimed.
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Your 10th House of Career and Status receives Jupiter, urging long-range vision and public progress that grows through structure.
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Roman will pair a large field of view with crisp infrared vision to survey deep, vast swaths of sky.
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The second part centers on tarot as a tool of divination and creative inspiration, beginning with the iconic 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck and moving on to art works from the twentieth century into the present day.
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Diamond Seas presents plunderphonics as a form of divination, akin to spirit photography or automatic writing.
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And, for those with the forethought to pre-order one, there are few whole Peking ducks every night.
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To Zotkina, the tooth is a piece in the mounting body of evidence that Neanderthals were capable of forethought and reasoning.
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“Prescience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescience. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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