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Synonyms & Antonyms for prudence
Synonyms
alertness, care, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, chariness, circumspection, gingerliness, guardedness, heedfulness, wariness
Antonyms
brashness, carelessness, heedlessness, incaution, incautiousness, recklessness, unwariness
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The seat of Syrian commerce and enterprise, Aleppo has long been considered a city brimming with pragmatism and prudence. — Brian Stewart, National Review, "For Sama: A Chronicle of the Syrian Tragedy," 10 Aug. 2019 But Trump has thrown prudence and discretion in dealing with the Fed to the winds. — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, "Edward Lotterman: Hooray for complexity in the Federal Reserve’s structure," 3 Aug. 2019 Mr Urzúa, a social democrat, was a voice of prudence in the cabinet of the populist leftist president. — The Economist, "Politics this week," 13 July 2019 The bird may not be an allegory of goodness, or mercy, love or prudence, but owls are wise, and this one has its eyes open. — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, "What perpetual war looks like in America," 4 Aug. 2019 The government’s record on fiscal prudence, too, is patchy. — Vk Vijayakumar, Quartz India, "A fragile economy leaves Nirmala Sitharaman with little room to dole out goodies," 1 July 2019 And that could come down to the prudence of carrying 14 players through the season (not counting the eventual two two-way players). — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, "ASK IRA: Has NBA erred with its offseason timing?," 21 July 2019 In May, three City Council members were ousted in the Republican primary by challengers who among other issues cited the need for greater government transparency and financial prudence. — Kaitlin Lange, Indianapolis Star, "Westfield mayor pushed for Grand Junction Plaza project. His two sons profited from the deal.," 11 July 2019 Fiscal prudence Free of election-year compulsions, the budget did not have any major schemes like the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi announced in the interim budget in February. — Pramod Mathew, Quartz India, "In a quest to remain fiscally prudent, India’s budget stuck to the minimum," 6 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prudence.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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