prevision

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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

"No man will have to fear the wreck of his home life and the destruction of his power to fulfil his family responsibilities through changes of employment quite beyond his own prevision or control."

From Time Magazine Archive

That prevision proved essential when last month Mrs. Taylor did prematurely bear her brood.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Regarding upkeep and maintenance, there is definitely a considerable lack of prevision."

From Time Magazine Archive

Since volitions are the outcome of desires, a prevision of volitions contrary to desires could not be a true one.

From Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy by Russell, Bertrand