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prescient

[presh-uhnt, ‑ee-uhnt, pree-shuhnt, ‑shee-uhnt] / ˈprɛʃ ənt, ‑i ənt, ˈpri ʃənt, ‑ʃi ənt /
ADJECTIVE
perceptive
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Example Sentences

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The airline’s 2012 acquisition of a Pennsylvania refinery has been called both prescient and pointless.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

One prescient call in 2023 from its “age of scarcity” predicted an era of cheap credit and commodities was ending and that so-called real assets and infrastructure would benefit.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

Which brings me to Star Trek, perhaps the most prescient External link of the major sci‑fi franchises.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

“It felt prescient then,” Messineo said of engaging Martinez last year, “and I think even more so now.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

In retrospect, that statement seems prescient, but it merely reflected the mood already widespread among the young in Durham’s black community as America stood poised on the cusp of a new and turbulent decade.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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