n.
The extent to which it is possible to anticipate a future trend or situation; the "distance" that it is possible to "see" into the future.
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"Analysts became audibly agitated during Wednesday's call when, after pressing for more information on the company's long-term prospects, Koogle said that Yahoo, like many other companies, was unsure about how 2001 would turn out.
'We simply don't have good visibility on the back half of the year,' Koogle said."
— Michelle Delio, "Yahoo: 'Sad, Mad, Scared'," Wired News, March 8, 2001
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New words. 2013.