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pre see uhnt

  • s  perceiving the significance of events before they occur
    extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere

  • In 50 years' time, Doug Melton's inclusion on this list will probably seem prescient.
  • How unrecognizable that restraint seems now, and how prescient the Star's words.
  • His warnings on climate change proved prescient, too.
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  • John Edwards in The Hill
    Congratulations to Al Gore,Edwards said. "The Nobel Peace Prize rewards three decades of Vice President Gore's prescient and compelling - and often lonely - advocacy for the future of the Earth."
  • Bill Keller in New York Times (blog)
    Nate won considerable recognition during the 2008 presidential campaign for his timely and prescient reports on the electoral races and on public opinion,Bill Keller, the executive editor of The Times, said in a statement. "We look forward...
  • Dick Wolf in Reuters
    It was obviously written before the crisis hit but we have over the years been prescient,Wolf told reporters on Friday. "A lot of things have shown up on the show almost simultaneously with events that have occurred in real life."

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