forethought
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“We’re just very lucky my father had the forethought to do this,” Sydney said.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
"I just thought it was crazy to put something like that in this community, with no forethought, no prior authorisation, not even asking the community," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
It seems that the administration may have not applied its usual level of forethought and analytical rigor to this decision.
From Slate • Jul. 24, 2025
On NBC's "Meet the Press," host Kristen Welker wondered if the Trump administration had put any forethought into their global raft of tariffs.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2025
Well, I amended, they hadn’t exactly seen it, since enough of the original time travelers had had the conscience and forethought to realize what was happening and fix things before everything went too haywire.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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