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 simply requires a bit of forethought about temperature.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 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
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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