prescience
noun
knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.
presciently
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a word derived from
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prescientadjectivehaving prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight.
Example Sentences
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How did Cembalest, the chairman of market and investment strategy at JPMorgan Asset Management, manage to time the peak of the memory trade so presciently?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Warsh—who had long leaned toward a hawkish anti-inflation stance—warned presciently that the Fed’s intensive efforts to support the economy could give rise to blistering inflation down the road.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
"The franchise model has made the TMC vulnerable," Bhattacharyya presciently wrote in 2023.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
He previously worked in media, including at Wired.com, the website of a print magazine that presciently focused on how technology was changing the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
It was his familiarity with atomism which made it possible for Bacon, exceptionally and presciently, to dismiss human sensory organs as inherently defective and often misleading.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
