prescient
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It was a prescient review given the torrent of public criticism from his own colleagues that was about to be begin.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
But even that show was more reflective of current cultural problems than prescient, not to mention disconcertingly accurate, about the dreadful directions we were heading.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
In his prescient epilogue, Mr. Overhoff contends that the divide between Washington and Frederick is no “relic of transatlantic history” but an instructive guide to the present and future.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Because Harris Norton collected these acclaimed artists while they were still relatively unknown, she is often described as prescient.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
In some cases, we will find that Eratosthenes was prescient in his thinking; in others, that he was sloppy or mistaken, but that his errors had the fortuitous effect of canceling each other out.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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Vocabulary lists containing prescient
Power Prefix: pre-
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