as in cautious
having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future
prescient environmentalists and politicians who long ago made sure that these beautiful areas would forever be spared from development
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Recent Examples of prescient
Its satirical video, depicting politicians descending into an all-out fistfight, proved especially prescient during the fevered atmosphere of the 2016 election cycle.
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Spin Staff, SPIN, 17 June 2026
The chess board will look much different Friday, but in the friendly, Alfaro made some mid-game adjustments that could become prescient when the two sides meet again.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 10 June 2026
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
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
Written in 2019, the book also feels prescient about the fast fashion landscape that Riley’s film lampoons.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
Jules will step away from a giant canvas to reveal an eerily prescient work of art, pack up her paints, and drive away from her sugar daddy and off into the sunset.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
The statement was prescient, because Colombia never did recover.
—Roberto Andrés, The Dial, 28 May 2026
Again, that feels like an eerily prescient message for our own time.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Spin Staff, SPIN, 17 June 2026
The chess board will look much different Friday, but in the friendly, Alfaro made some mid-game adjustments that could become prescient when the two sides meet again.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 10 June 2026
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
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
Written in 2019, the book also feels prescient about the fast fashion landscape that Riley’s film lampoons.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
Jules will step away from a giant canvas to reveal an eerily prescient work of art, pack up her paints, and drive away from her sugar daddy and off into the sunset.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
The statement was prescient, because Colombia never did recover.
—Roberto Andrés, The Dial, 28 May 2026
Again, that feels like an eerily prescient message for our own time.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescient
Adjective
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Katz was cautious about the European enthusiasm.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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Some analysts are even more cautious.—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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In another farsighted plot point, Verne has his characters attempt a course-correction burn using firework-like rockets.—
Neil Oseman,
Space.com,
14 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
Adjective
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Other states would do well to follow this proactive approach.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
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Your business changes and your interactions change, so a firm must be proactive in identifying the best possible experience today for the customer.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Going after Siebel Newsom seems more like a forward-looking, preemptive strike targeting Newsom ahead of the 2028 election through every decent man’s Achilles’ heel, his family.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Just as handing someone a pile of expensive film-making gear won’t turn them into the next Steven Spielberg, all the AI tokens in the world won’t turn a workforce into a forward-looking force in the market.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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