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Recent Examples of omniscience
This reciprocal gaze reinforces our sense of being shown an all-encompassing space, while the steadfastly linear perspective implies a kind of stable omniscience.
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Sarah C. Schaefer, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Watching your favorite team navigate the perils of the battlefield can be stressful, especially with the godlike omniscience of what’s happening all around them — something the players themselves never know.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
His pans don’t aim for omniscience.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
My omniscience evaporates outside the subject/object divide.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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Sarah C. Schaefer, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Watching your favorite team navigate the perils of the battlefield can be stressful, especially with the godlike omniscience of what’s happening all around them — something the players themselves never know.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
His pans don’t aim for omniscience.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
My omniscience evaporates outside the subject/object divide.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for omniscience
Noun
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The younger daughter had arrived with foreknowledge of the role her older sister had already claimed.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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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
Noun
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That foresight is not an accident.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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It is increasingly viewed as an ongoing dialogue, one that blends financial planning with communication, values, and foresight.—
Bruce Helmer,
Twin Cities,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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If anything, his adaptation proves Mary Shelley’s prescience.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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In a bit of prescience, Wallace explains how consumerist culture can prime a state for fascism.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Omniscience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omniscience. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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