foreknowledge
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of foreknowledge
Example Sentences
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Saudi Arabia denies any involvement in 9/11 and has consistently argued that Omar al-Bayoumi was not a Saudi agent and did not have any involvement or foreknowledge of the attacks.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
That is one future no amount of foreknowledge or planning can avoid.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Expert futurists, Mr. Foster shows, disagree over how much the future lends itself to human control and foreknowledge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
The result was a uLIPSTIC, a universal platform not bound by foreknowledge of molecules, ligands, or receptors.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024
Was there some premonition, she would wonder, that made that moment so poignant, some foreknowledge that this was the last afternoon the three would ever spend together in the small cottage?
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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