farseeing
Americanadjective
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having foresight; sagacious; discerning.
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able to see objects distinctly at a great distance.
Hawks are farseeing birds.
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It had triumphantly opened Walt Disney Concert Hall four years earlier, and over the past 15 seasons Salonen had made it the most farseeing orchestra in the land — and beyond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Weather forecasting has gotten steadily more accurate and farseeing over the past few decades, one of the many ways that science saves lives.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2022
The pairing seems to echo the hero-king duality of so many male portraits: Tubman is sitting, in charge, farseeing, while Taylor has the classical, active contrapposto of an ancient athlete.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
It has been nearly two decades since Andrew Bolton, the curator in charge of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, mounted a farseeing exhibition titled “Brave Hearts: Men in Skirts.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2021
He Praised the wise farseeing eyes of Eye and the keen hearing of Ear.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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