the future
noun
1
: the events that will happen after the present time
It's impossible to predict the future.
2
grammar
: a verb tense that is used to refer to the future : future tense
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As research advances and deployments grow through 2026 and beyond, dynamic on-the-move EV charging is becoming an increasingly plausible part of the future transport landscape—advancing one corridor, one region, and one innovation at a time.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
The science specialist university, together with Jabra, studied how voice technology will impact the future of work, and the scientists predicted that by 2028, voice AI will become the default way of working.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
Noam Chomsky, José Mujica, and Saúl Alvídrez discuss the future’s perils and possibilities.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
For the second year in a row, Afrotech returned to Houston, TX and Microsoft was back with their House of Black Techxcellence, curating multiple days of cultural and technologically driven events for the Black creatives and innovators of the future.
—Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
The science specialist university, together with Jabra, studied how voice technology will impact the future of work, and the scientists predicted that by 2028, voice AI will become the default way of working.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
Noam Chomsky, José Mujica, and Saúl Alvídrez discuss the future’s perils and possibilities.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
For the second year in a row, Afrotech returned to Houston, TX and Microsoft was back with their House of Black Techxcellence, curating multiple days of cultural and technologically driven events for the Black creatives and innovators of the future.
—Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
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“The future.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20future. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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