prospectively
Americanadverb
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Besides buying protection on stocks via puts, Rubner points to bonds as prospectively providing better opportunity than equities at the moment.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
To investigate that possibility, researchers analyzed the largest prospectively enrolled SuperAging cohorts studied with the latest measures of genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
He now has an opportunity to create the studies and to establish a cohort that will be followed prospectively for both short or long term adverse events.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
And we need to talk prospectively about what this means, especially on our friend Humphrey and his executor, and what that actually means.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2025
Even as Garfield's health worsened, Brown sent out telegrams saying: “Rumors concerning unfavorable change in President's condition largely sensational,” and “Surgeons believe President is prospectively better than at any time since shooting.”
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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