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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 diversion of chess is a masterclass in technique, prescience and adaptability—qualities that are essential for victory in business.
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Boris Kreiman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
What Houellebecq does get credit for is prescience.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
Unusual prescience on her part or an authorial intrusion from the vantage of our less orderly world?
—Laura Miller, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
With panache but also prescience, the German political theorist Karl Marx wrote not its death notice but its birth announcement.
—Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2021
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Boris Kreiman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
What Houellebecq does get credit for is prescience.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
Unusual prescience on her part or an authorial intrusion from the vantage of our less orderly world?
—Laura Miller, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
With panache but also prescience, the German political theorist Karl Marx wrote not its death notice but its birth announcement.
—Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescience
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Porter had the foresight to establish a website and an email address for the venture.—
John Branch,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Fed officials rely on outdated and incomplete economic data to make decisions, essentially guessing about the future while pretending to possess foresight.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The attorney general did not respond to the Statesman's questions about the providence and nature of the evidence.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American-Statesman,
17 Oct. 2024
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Jiangxi and Shandong providences reported refinancing RMB 55.1 billion and RMB 12.9 billion worth of hidden debt, respectively.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes,
2 Dec. 2024
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McAndrews, who wrote her master’s thesis on rape revenge films, quickly understood Alvey’s fresh vision.—
William Earl,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
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Not every black-tie event is the same, so the rules may vary, but the important thing is always to respect the host and follow their vision for the night’s dress code.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2025
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Following her magnificent turn as a Sicilian divination witch in Agatha All Along, Patti LuPone is returning to the small screen for another flashy role.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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Here are five examples of divination techniques that different cultures have developed to cope with life’s uncertainties.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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His collaborators quickly saw which way the wind was blowing: policy debates disappeared, and the government pursued a radical agenda with little forethought and no real scrutiny.—
Moisés Naím,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Oct. 2018
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The film is pretty funny, in part because Grand Theft Auto is set up for killing, and random people — or whatever the players decided to costume their avatars as — can wander through and shoot someone without malice or forethought.—
Alissa Wilkinson,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Prescience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescience. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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