prescient

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In Gaddis’s prescient hands, the American workplace isn’t built of bricks or balance sheets, but words.

From The Wall Street Journal

The stock market is likely “closer to the bottom,” after Thursday’s washout, and investors should buy the dip, says Wall Street’s prescient and biggest bull, Tom Lee.

From MarketWatch

But it’s Stanton’s vision of the dystopian future in “WALL-E,” which he co-wrote and directed, that has been looked on as prescient.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The Handmaid’s Tale,” her prescient novel of totalitarian dictatorship, began with the group hanging scene, which was shifted to the back of the book.

From Los Angeles Times

The prediction wasn’t just provocative — it was prescient.

From Salon