as in foresight
the special ability to see or know about events before they actually occur
a suspenseful story about a man who has a frightening foreknowledge of disasters
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Recent Examples of foreknowledge
That is one future no amount of foreknowledge or planning can avoid.
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Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
The younger daughter had arrived with foreknowledge of the role her older sister had already claimed.
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Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Days later, Carlson began releasing The 9/11 Files, a five-part video series that suggests Israel had foreknowledge of the al-Qaeda attacks but withheld the information from the United States.
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Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
But even with that foreknowledge, the moment hits us like a truck full of dynamite, aided immensely by Thurman’s explosive shock at the sight of her daughter.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
The chat reportedly included discussions that could indicate ideological motivations, and possibly even encouragement or foreknowledge of the attack.
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Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
16 Sep. 2025
What was the level of foreknowledge about this attack?
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Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
The younger daughter had arrived with foreknowledge of the role her older sister had already claimed.
—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Days later, Carlson began releasing The 9/11 Files, a five-part video series that suggests Israel had foreknowledge of the al-Qaeda attacks but withheld the information from the United States.
—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
But even with that foreknowledge, the moment hits us like a truck full of dynamite, aided immensely by Thurman’s explosive shock at the sight of her daughter.
—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
The chat reportedly included discussions that could indicate ideological motivations, and possibly even encouragement or foreknowledge of the attack.
—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
16 Sep. 2025
What was the level of foreknowledge about this attack?
—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreknowledge
Noun
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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.
Noun
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In the opening monologue of the night — nearly verbatim for most nights on the tour — Springsteen ad-libbed some additional context, acknowledging the prescience of the evening.
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Ten years later, the prescience of these words may be observed not just in a surprising foot race upset but in an entirely different cultural moment.
Noun
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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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“Foreknowledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreknowledge. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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