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As the perfect planner, the anticipator of all scenarios, I would be ready to deal with this when asked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2016

Mosteller’s official title is director of Oval Office operations, although a more apt name might be anticipator in chief.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2016

The withered and the aged mistake their failing forces for calmness and resignation, and an apathy, the drear anticipator of death, for presence of mind.

From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick

So he meditated the 'Comédie humaine' for several years before he announced it in 1842, and from being almost the rival of Saint-Hilaire he became almost the anticipator of Darwin.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

But meanwhile Cimarosa had been completely distanced by Mozart, who, himself a great inventor, and, so to say, anticipator, adopted moreover everything that was worth adopting in the methods of all his contemporaries and predecessors.

From The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School by Edwards, Henry Sutherland