forward-thinking

[ fawr-werd-thing-king ]

/ ˈfɔr wərdˌθɪŋ kɪŋ /

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adjective

planning or tending to plan for the future; forward-looking.

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How to use forward-thinking in a sentence

While Huckabee is thinking about his run for president, I thought it was time to think about Huckabee.
The Devil in Mike Huckabee|Dean Obeidallah|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But the ads are not just intended to remind the Google-curious that Paul exists and is thinking about running for president.
Rand Paul’s Passive-Aggressive Trolling Campaign|Olivia Nuzzi|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What if you just want eyes on the back of your head, you want forward and rear-facing cameras?
All Your Internet Boyfriends Are Taken: Gosling, Cumberbatch, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Melissa Leon|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
So just looking forward to taking our sweet ass time with this next one.
Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll|James Joiner|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

His speeches, which he wrote himself, were frequently brilliant, even if they too often pointed backward instead of forward.
President Cuomo Would’ve Been a Lion|Jonathan Alter|January 2, 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
I do not care very much how you censor or select the reading and talking and thinking of the schoolboy or schoolgirl.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
He, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
They came forward, a little timidly, and their latest visitor held out a hand to each.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
He desired his secretary to go to the devil, but, thinking better of it, he recalled him as he reached the door.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini