prescient
Example Sentences
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“That turned out to be a prescient move, as oil prices have since declined.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
The airline’s 2012 acquisition of a Pennsylvania refinery has been called both prescient and pointless.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Then she considers a question that didn’t feel as prescient then: Does she feel like it broke the cycle she’s had with Mortensen?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Which brings me to Star Trek, perhaps the most prescient External link of the major sci‑fi franchises.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
Virginia's posture toward assumption was now making his prophecy look prescient.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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