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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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“I’m really hopeful that we are not prescient about some of these events,” Kripke told me.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

Target’s decision to invest in groceries seems prescient.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

They can be prescient, too, like when Zohran Mamdani offered, days before winning the New York Democratic mayoral primary: “I should be the mayor.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Again, that feels like an eerily prescient message for our own time.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Virginia's posture toward assumption was now making his prophecy look prescient.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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