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In natural English speech, "prudence" appears in contexts such as: "These things showed up sort of low on the list. Prudence was sort up high, you know. And then, in the 1970s, they ask those questions again to women and, you know, the very first thing on the list is, like, love, you know, love and connection and intimacy and then,". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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These things showed up sort of low on the list.

Prudence was sort up high, you know.

And then, in the 1970s, they ask those questions again to women and, you know, the very first thing on the list is, like, love, you know, love and connection and intimacy and then,

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noun

The quality or state of being prudent: circumspection and good judgment in knowing how best to act; (countable, archaic) an instance of this.

“[T]here are ſo many concurrencies vvhich have their attending cheques; vvhich poſſible are to be, but actually, vvere not improved in remedy that the prevalence of the Fire againſt, and in deſpight of thoſe vvonted prudences, and uſual reſiſtances, and the Latitude of effects, ſeconding ſuch a neglect of impending means, vvhere ſo vvell underſtood, and ſo dextrouſly at other times practiſed; […]”

Synonyms:cautel discretion farsightedness foresightedness

noun

Synonym of frugality (“the quality of avoiding unnecessary expenditure; economy, parsimony, thrift, thriftiness”).

Synonyms:frugality

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