Sentence examples for acted with foresight from inspiring English sources

In the face of the tourist onslaught, some governments have acted with foresight and sensitivity.

We must act with foresight, and we must act now. 
 
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early 15c., from Latin providere "look ahead, prepare, supply, act with foresight," from pro- "ahead" (see pro-) + videre "to see" (see vision).

Of course, as with the present-day foreign policy issues that plague Washington, it is easy in retrospect to say that everyone should have acted with greater foresight, wisdom and determination.

We must now take the step to a new level of species maturity and demonstrate our ability to act with collective wisdom and foresight".

This did not imply that people have perfect foresight, but that they act with an informed understanding of economic theory and policy.

"Somebody impulsive is more likely to act without foresight and get injured," he said.

Impulsivity describes the tendency of an individual to act prematurely without foresight and is associated with a number of neuropsychiatric co-morbidities, including drug addiction.

"We cannot design a system that relies on the wisdom of regulators to act preemptively with perfect foresight," Geithner told the House Financial Services Committee.

Impulsivity is characterized as the tendency to act prematurely without foresight, resulting in behavioral disinhibition.

In impulsivity, the tendency to act prematurely without foresight would be more prominent and anxious feelings are not necessarily present in impulsive behaviors with diminished regard to negative consequences.