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foreknowledge

noun

Definition of foreknowledge

as in foresight

the special ability to see or know about events before they actually occur a suspenseful story about a man who has a frightening foreknowledge of disasters

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Recent Examples of foreknowledge Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation. — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026 However, there are common mistakes that can easily be avoided with a little foreknowledge. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 29 July 2026 But if a 12-year-old Spider-Man fan in Dubuque, Iowa, got to watch the film without any foreknowledge, then the gambit was more than worth it. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026 That is one future no amount of foreknowledge or planning can avoid. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 The younger daughter had arrived with foreknowledge of the role her older sister had already claimed. — Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026 Days later, Carlson began releasing The 9/11 Files, a five-part video series that suggests Israel had foreknowledge of the al-Qaeda attacks but withheld the information from the United States. — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026 But even with that foreknowledge, the moment hits us like a truck full of dynamite, aided immensely by Thurman’s explosive shock at the sight of her daughter. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025 The chat reportedly included discussions that could indicate ideological motivations, and possibly even encouragement or foreknowledge of the attack. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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In the 40 years since, every facet of Spacemen 3’s story has been turned over and generously embellished, resulting in an excess of grandeur and foresight projected onto the duo at the heart of it.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Bajaria’s foresight was sharper, investing in local language productions and building up Netflix’s global presence (almost two dozen international offices were opened during Bajaria’s reign).

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of foresight

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This prescience reads as astounding prophecy today, amidst the shift of enterprise AI spending towards on-premise.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
All this is figured out, with amusing if anticlimactic prescience, by Audrey, who’s blessed with a Carl Sagan-loving scientific mind.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of prescience

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Oracles, prophets and practices of divination offered guidance from inscrutable or enigmatic sources when ordinary human judgment reached its limits.

— Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
Kylie’s divinations lead her to a small English town called Thornfield.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

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