How to Use farsighted in a Sentence

farsighted

adjective
  • But a more farsighted commander-in-chief would be adding to their armour.
    — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
  • But long-term insurance buyers turned out to be a more determined and farsighted group.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
  • Costly and no fun, but surely the farsighted and responsible thing to do.
    — Star Tribune, 22 Feb. 2021
  • One way to limit pollution is to put a price on it, a point not lost on at least one farsighted industry executive.
    — Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
  • These word assemblages could then be linked to one another or branch off in entirely new directions—a farsighted idea for the time.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2025
  • And the girl and the boy in the Dodge Charger were exceptionally farsighted.
    — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019
  • Fries thinks what sets those farsighted people apart has something to do with ignoring conventional wisdom.
    — Greg Miller, WIRED, 28 May 2014
  • This summer, the federal agency that regulates Wall Street will take a farsighted move.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2019
  • Some growth stems from a commitment by governments and farsighted businesses to fund cleaner energy sources.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2017
  • Mazor, a farsighted tech genius in his career, stepped back in time when designing his Ashland residence.
    — oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2021
  • In a situation like that, your real eyes are focusing just fine — the issue is, your view of the world is naturally a little farsighted.
    — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 20 June 2022
  • Some commentators praised it as farsighted; others criticized it as reckless.
    — Will Oremus, Slate Magazine, 31 July 2017
  • Sadly, one looks in vain for such farsighted and resolute leaders in Western capitals today.
    — WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
  • These insights enable companies to make farsighted assessments, giving them a strong foundation in their markets.
    — Jon Miller, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Lasik surgeons use an ultraviolet laser to reduce the curvature of the cornea for people who are nearsighted, and to accent it for people who are farsighted.
    — Author: Roni Caryn Rabin, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2018
  • Bill Sorro Community is built to last — a model of farsighted redevelopment that shows progress can be made.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Dec. 2017
  • And from a broader economic standpoint, the farsighted companies also created a lot more jobs than other firms did during the same period.
    — Clifton Leaf, Fortune, 21 May 2018
  • In another farsighted plot point, Verne has his characters attempt a course-correction burn using firework-like rockets.
    — Neil Oseman, Space.com, 14 June 2026
  • But hindsight is 20/20, unlike her vision, was which decidedly farsighted.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2020
  • Rose Marcario doesn’t work in the outdoor industry anymore, but her influence hasn’t waned—a testament to her vision and farsighted leadership.
    — Andrew Weaver, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The British Library recently had the glasses examined, and found that the lenses were convex, suggesting a farsighted wearer.
    — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2017
  • Our research has found that preparedness requires not just funding but also farsighted, credible and transparent leadership and citizens’ trust in that leadership.
    — Bhaskar Chakravorti, The Conversation, 6 May 2020
  • Expecting the slow but steady ramp-up of in-the-know habitues and farsighted home buyers to continue as more stylish businesses and artist communities settle there, Frey has decided to open her studio to the public.
    — Leilani Marie Labong, SFChronicle.com, 26 June 2018
  • And her farsighted concept for popular entertainment — coupled with how the industry should produce that entertainment — is an ethos the rest of Hollywood is still catching up to today.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Private markets chronically undersave, leaving future generations with less capital than a farsighted society would choose to bequeath.
    — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • It is rooted partly in the never-lose structure of modern executive compensation packages, but also in two farsighted investments made long ago by one of Yahoo’s founders, Jerry Yang.
    — Vindu Goel, New York Times, 3 June 2017
  • In his reports on public credit, a national bank and manufacturing, Hamilton sketched out a farsighted vision for securing the nation’s economic future, with an active role for the federal government.
    — Jay Cost, WSJ, 8 June 2018
  • The golf club was quiet, almost serene, in comparison with the weekend hubbub at the Mar-a-Lago Club, where every seat and barstool is unavailable for the rest of the season, except for those members who were farsighted enough to reserve months ago.
    — Shannon Donnelly, ajc, 10 Apr. 2017
  • The president has repeatedly noted that his administration threw the might of the federal government behind vaccine development, a farsighted move that contrasted with its now nearly yearlong failure to curb the pandemic’s spread.
    — New York Times, 7 Dec. 2020

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