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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
In Europe, the left-leaning Cannes Film Festival awarded Coppola the Palme d’Or as if congratulating his prescience and left-wing skepticism.
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Armond White, National Review, 16 Aug. 2024
If the postwar boom made Marx seem obsolete, recent decades have confirmed his prescience.
—Robin Varghese, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
As a result of Iger’s vision and prescience, Disney is way ahead of traditional media peers in bridging the linear-to-streaming transition, with its streaming business driving billions more in revenue than any of its legacy competitors.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Instead, the Kremlin has been blaming a warped combination of Western prescience, and Ukrainian assistance.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 16 Aug. 2024
If the postwar boom made Marx seem obsolete, recent decades have confirmed his prescience.
—Robin Varghese, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
As a result of Iger’s vision and prescience, Disney is way ahead of traditional media peers in bridging the linear-to-streaming transition, with its streaming business driving billions more in revenue than any of its legacy competitors.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Instead, the Kremlin has been blaming a warped combination of Western prescience, and Ukrainian assistance.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescience
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Taking it a step further, in order to connect with voters, find partners that have the ability to leverage that pool of data and have the foresight to connect the dots.Kris Qiu, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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With many organizations around the globe turning to AI for a competitive advantage, AI Tech Solutions has positioned itself to offer the innovation, skill, and foresight that will ensure success in the years to come.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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Jiangxi and Shandong providences reported refinancing RMB 55.1 billion and RMB 12.9 billion worth of hidden debt, respectively.Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Trump’s 90-minute acceptance speech, which quickly moved from providence to policy and jabs at his opponent, President Joe Biden, was almost secular compared to some speakers earlier in the evening.Chris Ullery, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
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As the season closed, Kat returned to her time and said goodbye to a vision of Thomas, thinking that he had been shot dead, but then Jacob appeared and revealed that Thomas survived.Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 25 Dec. 2024
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Changing the light's polarization characteristics in this manner mimics things found in nature, like the ridiculously sophisticated and specialized vision of the mantis shrimp.New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Judging from the torrent of polling divinations, spirited debate and reportage dedicated to the potential ballot choices of our sons, brothers, husbands and uncles, women’s voting trends must be stagnant or just simpler, right?Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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So yellow is yellow was was air and Lilia divination trial, and orange was Alice in the fire trial.Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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Mediocre collaboration can happen with no forethought or planning.Shani Harmon, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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The Allworth Advice is that some forethought needs to go into something like this, ideally years in advance.Amy Wagner and Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Prescience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescience. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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