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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

After all, Sorkin’s own screenplay for “The Social Network” remains a prescient masterpiece.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nick Florko doesn’t want to brag or anything, but more than a year ago he wrote an article that has come to seem prescient.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

But Wilfrid Sheed, an American novelist and essayist, penned a comment just before the match ended that many would later regard as prescient.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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