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
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
Columbus used his foreknowledge of a lunar eclipse to force the Arawak residents of present-day Jamaica to heel in fear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
The result was a uLIPSTIC, a universal platform not bound by foreknowledge of molecules, ligands, or receptors.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024
The place where there is no darkness was the imagined future, which one would never see, but which, by foreknowledge, one could mystically share in.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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