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On Nov. 24, 1874, Glidden was awarded Patent No. 157,124, which he prophetically named “The Winner.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
As Dickens prophetically reminds us, ours is hardly the first age of wisdom and of foolishness, the first epoch of belief and of incredulity.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
He wrote, prophetically, "Oasis are going to be big - mark my wordz."
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024
“She said, rather prophetically, ‘Yeah, but I won’t be alive by the time that happens.’
From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023
As the six million visitors to London’s Great Exhibition of 1851 were prophetically promised, the future was about two things: technology and the world beyond Europe.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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