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
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.
—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
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 activist landscape will continue to evolve, demanding agility and foresight from corporate leadership.—
Sam Wolf,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The sketch comedy show — Dana Carvey’s first gig after leaving Saturday Night Live — was created by Carvey and Robert Smigel and had the foresight to cast both Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert in their first TV gigs.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Carlson never went that far, but Murdoch didn’t forget his prescience.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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Brooker’s prescience had struck again.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
31 Dec. 2025
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From her poetry and her Facebook page, Annie's specific interest is in Oracular writing, a form of divination script that positions the poet as a medium between humanity and the supernatural or non-human world.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Hedva’s practice cooks magic, necromancy, and divination together with mystical states of fury and ecstasy, and political states of solidarity and disintegration.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Foreknowledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreknowledge. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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