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prevision

[pri-vizh-uhn] / prɪˈvɪʒ ən /












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McGroarty said the WFP managed to distribute food in key locations across the northeast and central highlands of the country in prevision of the winter months.

From Seattle Times Jan. 13, 2022

Many times has the Presidential boom of Hiram W. Johnson been wrecked in the prevision of political correspondents.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus this vasty Audubon, who could prevision the cities that were to mar and befoul his beautiful Ohio River; the laying waste of the forests; the slaughter of the deer and wild pigeons.

From Time Magazine Archive

As early as 1926, the late great German playwright had an uncanny prevision of the process of brainwashing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Those who like may trace in this a certain prevision, a designed fashioning of the garb of the word to suit it for that oral transmission on which, at one period, its preservation would depend.

From Pastor Pastorum by Latham, Rev. Henry

Loan-loss previsions, however, also jumped 66% from the year-ago period to 4.04 billion pesos, with cost of risk shooting up to 1.66% from 1.13%.

From Reuters Jul. 21, 2023

Feinstein acknowledged it included previsions that unanimously passed the Senate in May.

From US News Dec. 9, 2014

I don’t have any idea why such previsions came to me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

The history of the university through its precarious existence of half a century amply justifies Mr. Gallatin's previsions and retirement.

From Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII by Stevens, John Austin

"There are pictures in our souls which seem to be recollections, but in fact are previsions."

From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann




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