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
Again, that feels like an eerily prescient message for our own time.
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Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Bonus points for prescient insights into the dark side of obsessive super-fandom.
—Laura Zigman, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
The fact that that car was briefly the most expensive example of the car, even if only for a week, suggests this was a prescient move.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 May 2026
In the future of Ada Hoffman’s terrifyingly prescient sci-fi heist novel, humanity has settled Jupiter and AI owns all forms of storytelling, from information to entertainment.
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
In this respect, Sawe and Adidas have been prescient.
—Alex Hutchinson, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
These warnings were prescient, as the ensuing decades of the Cold War repeatedly brought the world to the brink of annihilation.
—Daniel Holz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Whether those concerns are prescient or represent a buying opportunity is in the eye of the beholder.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
At the time, fellow Arab leaders sniffed, but today, with the enormous cost of regional chaos weighing directly on the Gulf, the king’s words are prescient.
—Hadley Gamble, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Bonus points for prescient insights into the dark side of obsessive super-fandom.
—Laura Zigman, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
The fact that that car was briefly the most expensive example of the car, even if only for a week, suggests this was a prescient move.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 May 2026
In the future of Ada Hoffman’s terrifyingly prescient sci-fi heist novel, humanity has settled Jupiter and AI owns all forms of storytelling, from information to entertainment.
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
In this respect, Sawe and Adidas have been prescient.
—Alex Hutchinson, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
These warnings were prescient, as the ensuing decades of the Cold War repeatedly brought the world to the brink of annihilation.
—Daniel Holz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Whether those concerns are prescient or represent a buying opportunity is in the eye of the beholder.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
At the time, fellow Arab leaders sniffed, but today, with the enormous cost of regional chaos weighing directly on the Gulf, the king’s words are prescient.
—Hadley Gamble, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescient
Adjective
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In a groove Phil Maton is cautious to ever declare that his delivery has fully come together.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Beneath the measured pace of transactions — collectors more cautious, galleries recalibrating, auction houses tempering expectations — the intellectual and aesthetic stakes of contemporary art feel newly urgent.—
Andrew S. Jacobson,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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The tunnel was built after careful planning and executed with tremendous effort.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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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
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These word assemblages could then be linked to one another or branch off in entirely new directions—a farsighted idea for the time.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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These platforms rest on an assumption that proactive state policy can significantly improve living standards, not merely soften an inevitable downturn, and offer voters more optimistic — if sharply divergent — diagnoses and cures than the pervasive resignation captured in the article.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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And the women were just carrying on and becoming more proactive.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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Founders often burn out trying to be both the visionary and the integrator, roles requiring distinct skills.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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That’s when the visionary Lamar Hunt, founder of the AFL and owner of the Chiefs, turned on ABC’s Wide World of Sports to watch England and West Germany play in the men’s final of the global soccer tournament.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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But the 2026 Programmers’ Jam felt remarkably forward-looking.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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On Play Monk, Monk’s songbook presents a jumping-off point for further experimentation with the unknown, an approach both syncretic and forward-looking.—
Levi Dayan,
Pitchfork,
11 May 2026
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“Prescient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescient. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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