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precognition

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as in foreknowledge

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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

Definition of foreknowledge

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Through her radical honesty and spiritual clairvoyance, Cassidy invites readers to tune to the frequency of their own inner knowing to tap into the cosmic goodness already within them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Spiritualism was the popularization of clairvoyance, telepathy and mediums who claimed to communicate with the dead.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of clairvoyance

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His interdisciplinary foresight inspired one of the most popular museums in the United States, the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
Roosevelt had the incredible foresight to look 100 years into the future.

— Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026

Definition of foresight

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In the opening monologue of the night — nearly verbatim for most nights on the tour — Springsteen ad-libbed some additional context, acknowledging the prescience of the evening.

— Brandon Shaw, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
Ten years later, the prescience of these words may be observed not just in a surprising foot race upset but in an entirely different cultural moment.

— Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026

Definition of prescience

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The wide-ranging records include a letter from a woman claiming that her mental telepathy indicated Earhart was still alive, and another from a man claiming her grave was located in Spain.

— Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2025
Getting in good positions but lacking the necessary telepathy with his new team mates, meaning his usual big end product figures (10 goals and six assists in 25 Bundesliga league appearances last season) aren’t there.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025

Definition of telepathy

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