far-sighted

Adjective

Meaning

far-sighted (comparative more far-sighted, superlative most far-sighted)

Alternative spelling of farsighted

Alternative names

far sighted

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Examples

The higher level of grand strategy [is] that of conducting war with a far-sighted regard to the state of the peace that will follow. B. H. Liddell Hart

Truman's name will for ever be associated with the memory of far-sighted American leadership in a great global endeavour. Kofi Annan

Our country needs visionary and far-sighted leaders. People who appreciate and understand that our lives are inexplicably linked and our futures tied together. The vision must be one that is inclusive and open to everyone. It is a matter of enlightening self-interest. Joni Madraiwiwi

Liberalism becomes the protection for the far-sighted conservative. Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is a habit of great countries of imperial pretensions to take the future for granted, as the Romans did in Trajan's day, and as Britons, with a few far-sighted exceptions, did at Victoria's jubilees, and Americans do now. George MacDonald Fraser

All the while, steadily and without fanfare and as invincibly as all things blossom, ripen, and mature, more people were living longer. And as they did so, they were creating a possibility not even the most far-sighted futurist had anticipated. Theodore Roszak

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