as in cautious
having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future
a forward-looking business plan designed to take full advantage of emerging technologies
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Recent Examples of forward-looking
This is the most stable option among Insider channels; the Beta, Dev, and Canary channels are progressively more forward-looking and untested.
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Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
With it, as always, comes a slate of new offerings at the movies, with many titles signaling a subtle shift from popcorn movies to the forward-looking (read: awards-courting) entries of the fall.
—Dan Heching, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
The judgment was notably forward-looking and turned out to be exemplary.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
CEOs must move beyond zero-sum thinking and reassert themselves as advocates of a coherent, forward-looking trade agenda.
—Devry Boughner Vorwerk, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
With it, as always, comes a slate of new offerings at the movies, with many titles signaling a subtle shift from popcorn movies to the forward-looking (read: awards-courting) entries of the fall.
—Dan Heching, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
The judgment was notably forward-looking and turned out to be exemplary.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
CEOs must move beyond zero-sum thinking and reassert themselves as advocates of a coherent, forward-looking trade agenda.
—Devry Boughner Vorwerk, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for forward-looking
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forward-looking
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Employers increasingly wonder whether campuses are cultivating independent thinkers or just cautious followers.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The sum dwarfs most acquisitions this year — and marks TIFF’s first eight-figure deal in several editions — underlining the resilience of genre cinema at a time when studios and streamers alike are cautious.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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But Eliasen is careful not to let scope creep derail initial implementations.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This more proactive approach to accessibility should help organizations both spot issues earlier and fix them faster.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Costa, an attorney and director of immigration with the think tank the Economic Policy Institute, has called on Congress to boost the division’s funding to allow its regulators to conduct more proactive investigations.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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Though this would have proven remarkably prescient—in 2007, Led Zeppelin would reunite with Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer, John Bonham—Marty’s epilogue just didn’t feel right.—
Rob Reiner,
New Yorker,
27 Aug. 2025
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The idea of there being a comfort of falling back into a routine feels prescient right now.—
Trey Williams,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Aug. 2025
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No matter what compromises Lucas and our farsighted mayor at the time, Rahm Emanuel, offered, there was no compromise from this group.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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Eastwood’s farsighted plan also involved advancing his acting career.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 July 2025
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By integrating those insights into brand strategy, Langrand creates solutions that are both visionary and practical.—
Geri Stengel,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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David remains the visionary behind Mango’s, while his son Joshua carries the torch as CEO.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Forward-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forward-looking. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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