forward-looking

[ fawr-werd-look-ing ]
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adjective
  1. planning for or anticipating possible future events, conditions, etc.; progressive.

Origin of forward-looking

1
First recorded in 1790–1800

Words Nearby forward-looking

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How to use forward-looking in a sentence

  • In the community, he never reaches high office because he lacks civic spirit and the forward-looking view.

    Think | Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • In his old age, with 195 friends dying and life failing, his tone of cheerful, forward-looking hope is still the same.

    Discourses in America | Matthew Arnold
  • Three days later Broderick was dead, a sacrifice, so all forward-looking men believed, to the wrath of the slave power.

    Starr King in California | William Day Simonds
  • Carefully watching his time, Captain Jones stood forward looking at the lights that showed how she swung to the tide.

    Pike & Cutlass | George Gibbs
  • The preservation of ancient beauty is very important, but no vigorous forward-looking man is content to be a mere curator.

    The Problem of China | Bertrand Russell