far-sighted
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See also: farsighted
English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
far-sighted (comparative more far-sighted, superlative most far-sighted)
- Alternative spelling of farsighted
- 1941 May, Voyageur, “The Clogher Valley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 195:
- It was in November, 1932, in an endeavour to reduce working costs, that the first diesel railcar was introduced, and it was a far-sighted move on the part of Mr. D. N. McClure, for diesel propulsion on railways was then more or less in its infancy.
- 2023 March 22, “Tickets now on sale as trial Swanage service finally gets green light”, in RAIL, number 979, page 25:
- Gavin Johns, chairman of the Swanage Railway Trust, said: "I would like to thank our stakeholders for their far-sighted investment of £5.5 million to re-connect Swanage and Corfe Castle with the main line, which included £1.8m from the Government's coastal communities fund, so we could restore our 1950s heritage diesel trains for running on the main line."
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References[edit]
- “far-sighted”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.