prescient
Example Sentences
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It was a prescient review given the torrent of public criticism from his own colleagues that was about to be begin.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
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
JF: “You guys make music so prescient for the times.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 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
With all the advantages of hindsight, Jefferson’s strategic assessment of 1796 appears more and more prescient: Whoever followed Washington was probably doomed to failure.
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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