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- noun The
faculty of looking far ahead;farsightedness ;prescience .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Experience is not a factor to lead a country instead it is the person's judgement and farsight, Obama has both of these.
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A real political leader is not someone who tells us what we would like to hear, but what we need to hear; a TRUE political leader would not do those cheap shots like Hillary and MaCain, but with a farsight view.
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If the bubble had not cut down her powers, she would have used farsight to discover the damage.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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If the bubble had not cut down her powers, she would have used farsight to discover the damage.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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If the bubble had not cut down her powers, she would have used farsight to discover the damage.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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Training and practice mitigated that to some extent, but Goshawk knew that the adept preferred throwing fireballs to practicing the farsight.
In Gordath Wood: Writer Patrice Sarath » Lady Blackheart 2009
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His farsight picked up Akeem when the old man was still in the lodge, the residence for senior shapers annexed to the hall.
The Dreaming Void Hamilton, Peter F. 2007
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His farsight picked out a tiny iridescent glow that suddenly appeared inside the thicket.
The Dreaming Void Hamilton, Peter F. 2007
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As a testament to how prolific the kimoss had become, Edeard now always supplemented his ordinary sight with farsight as he shuffled along the narrow aisles between the tables.
The Dreaming Void Hamilton, Peter F. 2007
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Comrade Stalin's farsight proved true with the passage of time.
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