prescient
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The chief market strategist and his team, who provide market tools and research for institutional and retail investors, have made some prescient market calls since the firm’s 2015 start.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
While the prediction proved prescient, Musk’s investment has changed the calculus.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
The show argues that Lichtenstein—a figurehead of “appropriation art” before it was a term—embraced subjects and styles used my mass media in ways that make his work “strikingly prescient and remarkably relevant.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
This included prescient pieces ahead of their time, like the video-enabled AT&T Picturephone, and those that would never come to pass, such as the RCA Whirlpool Miracle Kitchen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Poetic though they sound, and I appreciate that you’ve just described both tender ballads of love and socially prescient commentary, I still don’t believe this rings any bells.”
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing prescient
Power Prefix: pre-
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Vocabulary from "There Will Never Be an Age of Artificial Intimacy," by Sherry Turkle
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"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 2
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