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- noun The condition of being
forethoughtful
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Examples
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Furthermore, I require not only a Hero -- they are many-but one who pos - sesses an unusual measure of self-control and forethoughtfulness.
Inconstant Star Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1991
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Senator Hanway was somewhat astonished at Dorothy's forethoughtfulness; the more since the reception was a week and more away.
The President A novel Alfred Henry Lewis 1885
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Success, whether it be of the individual or of the race, depends in large measure upon forethoughtfulness, on a disposition to study as to where profit may be had, and intelligently to seek accessions of strength by experiments in domestication.
Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 1873
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Among savages the great need is a training in forethoughtfulness; all primitive peoples are like children, they live in the interests of the day; the cares of the seasons to come, or even of the morrow, are not for them.
Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 1873
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My father, with the forethoughtfulness which never forsook him, stopped me.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868
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My father, with the forethoughtfulness which never forsook him, stopped me.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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My father, with the forethoughtfulness which never forsook him, stopped me.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 8 George Meredith 1868
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Great love creates forethoughtfulness, without which incessant journalism is a gabble.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Great love creates forethoughtfulness, without-which incessant journalism is a gabble.
Celt and Saxon — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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Great love creates forethoughtfulness, without which incessant journalism is a gabble.
Celt and Saxon — Complete George Meredith 1868
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