prescient
Example Sentences
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But even that show was more reflective of current cultural problems than prescient, not to mention disconcertingly accurate, about the dreadful directions we were heading.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
A clip from 1994 showing experts making predictions for where football would be in 10 years recently resurfaced on social media, and fans online cannot believe how prescient some of their forecasts proved to be.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
That launch made Microsoft the presumed early winner of the AI race, given its prescient investment of billions of dollars in Sam Altman’s startup.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Because Harris Norton collected these acclaimed artists while they were still relatively unknown, she is often described as prescient.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 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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