forethought
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Then, as now, sowing took forethought, discipline and attention to detail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
It simply requires a bit of forethought about temperature.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
Not bad for something he quickly bashed out in bulletin format without much forethought, in response to a post a former colleague had written.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026
Mbappe had an understanding, even as a teenager, of a wider, bigger plan; a programme of parental planning and forethought now widely known as 'Project Mbappe'.
From BBC ● May 29, 2024
Prometheus, whose name means forethought, was very wise, wiser even than the gods, but Epimetheus, which means afterthought, was a scatterbrained person who invariably followed his first impulse and then changed his mind.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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