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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
The first is to imagine an altered future with the prescience of science fiction; Mary Shelley’s warning that humans are not always in control of their creations is, if anything, even more resonant today than when Frankenstein was first published in 1818.
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Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 2 Dec. 2025
The prescience of King’s sci-fi volume, originally published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, is undeniable.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
That may well be called prescience, but without more dramatic ballast, whether or not Family’s rage was ahead of its time becomes a less compelling question.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
But successfully navigating a shifting landscape requires extraordinary dexterity, prescience and skill.
—Liane Jackson, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 2 Dec. 2025
The prescience of King’s sci-fi volume, originally published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, is undeniable.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
That may well be called prescience, but without more dramatic ballast, whether or not Family’s rage was ahead of its time becomes a less compelling question.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
But successfully navigating a shifting landscape requires extraordinary dexterity, prescience and skill.
—Liane Jackson, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescience
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
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That there is no providence, only circumstance.—
Jacob Stern,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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Many live and die convinced that random chance is divine providence.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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
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One in four children has vision problems that directly impact academic performance, according to the American Optometric Association.—
Christina Mayo,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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That vision of worldwide economic and cultural interdependence that enabled the proliferation of biennials in the ’90s has been steadily eroding amid the recent rise in nativism and far-right movements in the United States and Europe.—
Smooth Nzewi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Soon after, Jean-Baptiste Alliette, known as Etteilla, published the first book on tarot divination and created a deck explicitly designed for fortune-telling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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For me, the most striking detail is the clear base, inspired by scrying, a form of divination involving crystal balls.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
20 Feb. 2026
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Chosen without these considerations, what begins as a fun hobby project can quickly turn into a money pit, so some forethought is necessary.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2026
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But making carrot cake pancakes—a twist on the South’s favorite spring dessert—requires a bit more forethought.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Prescience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescience. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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