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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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Kettner has earned a reputation on Wall Street and in Europe for making prescient market calls.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

While the prediction proved prescient, Musk’s investment has changed the calculus.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

But it’s not obvious that there’s a better instrument than a law already on the books, as a prescient Georgetown study of the Defense Production Act’s relevance to artificial intelligence pointed out in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Yale Law professor Reva Siegel laid out this fact in a renowned law review article months after the decision came down, and her observation has only grown more prescient with time.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

Some prescient part of him saw the two paths diverging in the yellow wood.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon


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