How to Use prescience in a Sentence

prescience

noun
Definition of presciencenext
Synonyms for presciencenext
  • Her prescience as an investor is impressive.
  • He predicted their response with amazing prescience.
  • But there’s a lot to be said for the prescience of the writers.
    — Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 5 May 2017
  • That would bring this class to 28 or 29 in total, in large part thanks to Chang’s prescience.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Once again, there was some irony and, perhaps, prescience as well.
    — James Hibberd, EW.com, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Indulging in the grotesque is what has given these films their prescience.
    — Blair McClendon, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2020
  • But pardon us for taking at least a bit of grim pride in our prescience.
    — Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2021
  • Biden instead took credit for his prescience about the virus.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 29 Dec. 2020
  • But whether by sheer luck or keen prescience, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite is the movie for right now.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2019
  • At a certain point, Sharp Objects is a victim of its own prescience.
    — Vogue, 3 July 2018
  • But The Simpsons avoids noting the song’s prescience and chooses cheap mockery.
    — Armond White, National Review, 21 Apr. 2021
  • His prescience to trade up and select quarterback Patrick Mahomes with the No.
    — oregonlive, 1 Feb. 2020
  • The prospect of the overturn of Roe v. Wade has sparked observations about the book's prescience and relevance to modern events.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 May 2022
  • The star of the show, however, were the UGG boots on her feet, proving (once again) Rihanna’s fashion prescience.
    — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Flewellen can’t help but be inspired by the eloquence of that observation, and awestruck by its prescience.
    — Tyrone Beasonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
  • This is what elevates The Truman Show from prescience to prophesy.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 20 June 2023
  • That allows gamblers to profit from their prescience, but also broadens the scope for bribery.
    — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The complex is also a symbol of Blackstone’s prescience.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 11 June 2021
  • The film's prescience is as eerie as its conclusions are disturbing.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Melange also conveys a kind of prescience and makes faster-than-light travel practical.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 May 2023
  • Many love the artist’s original concept that offers both nostalgia and a creepy prescience.
    — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2023
  • But Blade Runner stood out not just for its influence but for its possible prescience.
    — Brian Raftery, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Seventy-five years later, those warnings have gained a new prescience.
    — Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 27 May 2022
  • Franklin's middle name is Forest, which suggests parental prescience.
    — Warren Cornwall, Science | AAAS, 5 Oct. 2017
  • There’s a moment about 15 minutes into the first episode of Years and Years that made me gasp at its audacity, its prescience, its visual horror.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 23 June 2019
  • If there’s such a thing as accidental prescience, well, Milbury might have had that working in his favor Wednesday.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Feb. 2020
  • But other years, the prize has been more noteworthy for controversy than prescience.
    — Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2019
  • He was admired not just for his prescience and openness to change, but also as a paragon of the fast-receding golden age in American diplomacy.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Both Padres rookies have a presence — even a prescience — that belies their age and experience level.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2019
  • Yet for all its dark prescience, Burn After Reading almost feels too optimistic.
    — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 15 July 2017

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