the time has come
idiom
: it is the right moment to do something or for something to happen
We feel that the time has come for a decision to be made.
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One legacy of Biden’s disastrous 2024 campaign has Democratic anger at the refusal of some elderly politicians to recognize when the time has come to cede the spotlight.
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David Weigel, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
Now, Wind Harvest believes, the time has come to take advantage of that untouched resource.
—Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
So, the time has come for me — and my horses — to ride off into the sunset.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
Commissioner George Teal, one of the chief proponents of home-rule authority for the county of nearly 400,000, said the time has come for Douglas County to assert its independence from a state legislature that has shifted decidedly to the left over the last decade.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
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David Weigel, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
Now, Wind Harvest believes, the time has come to take advantage of that untouched resource.
—Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
So, the time has come for me — and my horses — to ride off into the sunset.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
Commissioner George Teal, one of the chief proponents of home-rule authority for the county of nearly 400,000, said the time has come for Douglas County to assert its independence from a state legislature that has shifted decidedly to the left over the last decade.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
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“The time has come.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20time%20has%20come. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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