FORETHOUGHTFULNESS Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

forethoughtfulness

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The researchers found that London taxi drivers had measurably more gray matter in the posterior hippocampus, a brain area tied to storing large-scale spatial maps.

— Hatim Sharif, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026
Research shows that drops in hormones actually shrink the volume of gray matter in a woman’s hippocampus and frontal and temporal cortices, which are key for memory and executive function.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 July 2026

Definition of gray matter

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What’s beautiful is the English countryside and the values of common sense and togetherness, activity and adventure.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
That fear comes from people who want a cure, but are also wary about what can happen when administrative systems move faster than common sense.

— Jeff Berry, STAT, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of common sense

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What becomes more valuable is judgment, emotional intelligence, storytelling, and the ability to connect seemingly unrelated ideas to make decisions when there isn't an obvious answer.

— Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
The prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that governs impulse control and long-range judgment, is not fully developed until the mid-twenties.

— Emily Stack, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of judgment

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So no, the Giants never possessed the foresight to orchestrate a long-term waiting game.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
But Charles Lichfield, director of economic foresight and analysis at the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center, said the best metrics for understanding what’s going on are the deficit and inflation.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of foresight

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Anheuser-Busch will have to see how viewers react to its latest ad to determine if consumers think the Clydesdales still present good horse sense or represent a horse of a different color.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
His words of wisdom are tinged with wit and old-fashioned horse sense.

— Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2024

Definition of horse sense

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Before middle age, the two main vision disorders are myopia and hyperopia, or nearsightedness and farsightedness.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
Given that Morocco tends to present itself as being ahead of other countries in the region, a lack of farsightedness over such a basic issue is highly unusual.

— Simon Hughes, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026

Definition of farsightedness

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