How to Use foresight in a Sentence

foresight

noun
  • They had the foresight to invest the money wisely.
  • His career choice shows a lack of foresight.
  • Mr Padgham’s foresight was not enough to keep out the virus.
    The Economist, 20 June 2020
  • Etiquette does ask you to try to share the fruits of your foresight.
    Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2023
  • But nobody had the foresight to tell us to take time off.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
  • To be able to come in and have the foresight to charge it and then make a perfect throw on the run, that saved the game.
    Chris Talbott, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2019
  • To that effect, the end of the world needs someone with enough foresight to set the reminder.
    Edmund Arévalo, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Another is the foresight to know that the tides will one day turn.
    Brendan Ciecko, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2021
  • But not everyone has the foresight, the time or the funds to build such a shelter.
    New York Times, 14 Dec. 2021
  • As in, that is an insane amount of foresight, even for this guy.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 17 June 2022
  • That was a good foresight for us for what was coming up.
    Katcy Stephan, Variety, 9 Nov. 2022
  • That may well be, but it could have been handled with more foresight and grace.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Those with the foresight to get their Purosangue orders in early shouldn’t have to wait too much longer for the SUV.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2022
  • But that foresight provides her no clue as to how far off that event might be.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The foresight part involved his three children, who are between the ages of 12 and 14.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The moment of foresight was spurred on by the loss, which killed any hopes of a seven-win season.
    Giana Han, al, 7 Dec. 2020
  • President Joe Biden had the foresight to have her waiting in the wings for her new role.
    Star Tribune, 14 Feb. 2021
  • This is one of those cases where a little foresight goes a long way.
    Elizabeth Sheldon, House Beautiful, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Someone had the foresight to save these works, and others brought them back to glory.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Aug. 2022
  • And if he was so consumed with adding Smith, Dumars could have had the foresight to trade one of his two young bigs.
    Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Important things could be falling through the cracks due to a lack of foresight!
    Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2022
  • Thankfully, my mom and I had the foresight to rent bikes with baskets.
    Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Patrick Mahomes had a bit of foresight leading up to the 2023 Super Bowl.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
  • With a little foresight and a touch of sugar, your Mother's Day can be sweet and stress-free.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Those who wish to lead our country should have had the foresight to know that this result was inevitable.
    Fortune, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Stacey had the insight, the foresight and the plan for how Georgia could and would be a competitive state.
    Michael Golden, Star Tribune, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The police force in Australia should take the blame for lack of foresight on the application of tasers.
    Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
  • What happened in the Atlanta area in the past year and a half seems to reflect a greater degree of planning and foresight.
    The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
  • His foresight in addressing gaps overlooked by others has set Mistral apart and opened up the world of country- and language-specific AI.
    Elad Gil, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Humans can think about what to grow and how to farm, but ants carry out similar tasks without our foresight or planning abilities.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024

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