prescient
Example Sentences
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Lemssouguer made prescient trades ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic and the software industry selloff this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 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
As 2025 progressed, stock leadership changed, and a commitment to diversification and owning underappreciated names proved prescient.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 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 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
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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