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In other words, ADUs are an idea whose time has come — and the delays caused by the claims of aldermanic privilege are yet another reason why the end to that outdated tradition is long past due.—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025 The Time Has Come A stablecoin, a digital dollar, is an instrument whose time has come.—Cleve Mesidor, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025 Motion denied From one old idea whose time has come again to another, with one of this column’s regular updates on the imminent arrival of an independent regulator for the professional men’s game in England.—Matt Slater, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 That was supposed to be the case with GameStop, an awful retailer whose time has come and gone, worse than a Party City or a Big Lots or a Bed Bath & Beyond.—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2025 Depending on the results of the 2024 election, by January of next year geographic diversification of the federal government may be an idea whose time has come.—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 Popular on Variety The pig whose time has come this day is indeed lovely.—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 July 2024 In the face of widespread cynicism, even despair about the American project, his ideas offer a hopeful vision of the future whose time has come.—Daniel Chandler, TIME, 14 May 2024
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