forward-looking

[ fawr-werd-look-ing ]

/ ˈfɔr wərdˌlʊk ɪŋ /

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adjective

planning for or anticipating possible future events, conditions, etc.; progressive.

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Origin of forward-looking

First recorded in 1790–1800

Such is her burgeoning popularity Toomey is looking to employ more instructors to lead her highly personalized exercise classes.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
So looking at that and that at that time I was also pursuing my career—so there was something here.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire|William O’Connor|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“I like looking at how people put their outfits together here like PJs,” he said.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech|Liza Foreman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
So I was looking back at the years, and that really popped out at me, those three years.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire|William O’Connor|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Sometimes, a tech glitch means you are prevented from looking at other users.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He reached forward and took her hands, and if Mrs. Vivian had come in she would have seen him kneeling at her daughter's feet.
Confidence|Henry James
He was the strangest-looking creature Davy had ever seen, not even excepting the Goblin.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
She had listened—she had listened intently, looking straight out of the window and without moving.
Confidence|Henry James
I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
The clerks had not arrived yet, and he beguiled the time by looking out of the staircase window.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens