foresight
noun
care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
foresightedness
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a word derived from
foresight.
Example Sentences
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A tale of two suburbs: signs of failure and success For many communities, racial integration is a worthy but difficult goal, a challenge to the foresightedness and ingenuity of their civic leaders.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sagacity that Taswell Skaggs displayed in erecting an ice plant and cold storage house here is equalled only by John Wyckholme's foresightedness in maintaining a contemporaneous mint bed.
From The Man from Brodney's by George Barr McCutcheon
His spirit of determination, his persistence, his foresightedness, seem to me the predominant traits in a well-rounded character.
From The Story of General Pershing by Everett T.
An odd incident, valuable to those who value foresightedness in this world's affairs, occurred at the time Scott was lodged at the vicar's, Mr Bridges.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various
If she has laid in a box of sage and one of mixed dressing with, perhaps, some paprika and thyme, she views her foresightedness with much complacency.
From Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them by Cora Moore
