How to Use prudent in a Sentence
prudent
adjective
- You made a prudent choice.
- He always listened to her prudent advice.
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The latter would be at once the courageous and the prudent course.
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David Bromwich,
Harper's Magazine,
27 Oct. 2020
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This is the wise and prudent course for any baseball fan.
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Jon Tayler,
SI.com,
8 Apr. 2018
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When that happened, the prudent thing to do was shut it down.
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Michael Taylor,
San Antonio Express-News,
6 Oct. 2021
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But that wouldn’t have been prudent, because the Post has a union.
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Timothy Noah,
The New Republic,
21 July 2021
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When the chance comes to climb the ladder to a bigger league, the prudent coach starts packing.
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Timothy Sullivan,
The Courier-Journal,
1 July 2018
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On the one hand, the urgency to prepare for the fall may be prudent.
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Beth Mole,
Ars Technica,
4 May 2022
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Of course, there are prudent steps to take when planting.
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Catie Marron,
Washington Post,
22 Feb. 2023
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But Lloyd points out the founder's drinking was prudent, too.
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The Washington Post,
AL.com,
22 Feb. 2018
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This was not required, but C3 Presents saw rain in the forecast and made the prudent move.
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Karina Atkins,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2024
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As prudent as these measures sound, neither exists in the U.S. or in most of the rest of the world.
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Andy Spalding,
The Conversation,
9 Aug. 2024
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The prudent thing to do was to walk Judge, and Schreiber did so on five cautious pitches.
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David Waldstein,
New York Times,
23 Sep. 2022
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The prudent thing to do would have been to write Steve Jobs’ obituary well ahead of his death.
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Steven Levy,
Wired,
5 Oct. 2021
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For now, the Spurs appear prudent taking the wait-and-see approach.
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Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
2 Dec. 2021
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The most prudent thing to do is wait and see what impact all the record increases to date have had.
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Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Sep. 2023
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The Cowboys had more turnovers and penalties than were prudent.
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Dallas News,
22 Jan. 2023
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The prudent thing to do would be to go ahead and file an official report.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
14 Oct. 2021
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So it’s still about being prudent and thoughtful about what the deal is.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
21 June 2022
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As long as the smoke alarms work and the fire escapes aren't boarded up, that also seems prudent.
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Arkansas Online,
5 Sep. 2020
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A little bit of lottery luck may be the team's most prudent path back to contention.
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Michael Shapiro,
Chron,
28 Mar. 2023
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Top Stories By now, Catholics have come to expect — and the more prudent, to ignore — these episodes.
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Madeleine Kearns,
National Review,
24 Dec. 2023
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Engaging an outside partner to come in and help was the prudent thing to do.
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Josh Newman,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
5 Apr. 2022
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With the Buckeyes getting the ball back to start the second half, that seemed like a prudent decision.
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Nathan Baird,
cleveland,
27 Nov. 2021
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But there also has to be a prudent, consistent plan in place for how to go about it.
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Mark Maske,
chicagotribune.com,
30 Apr. 2017
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So Shell has to coax investors along with a mix of hard cash and prudent investments.
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The Economist,
4 July 2019
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Maybe this was just the prudent move for a guy who hasn’t faced hitters in 37 days and was inactive over the weekend.
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Evan Grant,
Dallas News,
6 June 2023
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In an era of rising seas, we are primed to think of coastal protections as prudent.
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Daniel A. Gross,
The New Yorker,
5 Nov. 2023
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Thanks to prudent and progressive game management on tribal lands, the Mescalero elk herd continues to expand rapidly.
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Bruce Brady,
Outdoor Life,
12 Sep. 2024
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For the most part, media outlets have also been prudent in their coverage of disinformation.
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Thomas Rid,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2024
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