How to Use in the not too distant future in a Sentence

in the not too distant future

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• The building has a leaky roof and will need a new roof in the not too distant future.
  — Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
• At the same time, trying to take a pretty valuable startup public in the not too distant future.
  — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
• When Nikki Spoelstra organizes play dates for her brood in the not too distant future, there soon will be a cool new place to go.
  — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
• Even if the shutdown comes to an end soon, most of the government will only have funding secured through January, which could lead to further stalemate in the not too distant future.
  — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
• The sloppy journalism portends a cost-effective, less-human creative process in the not too distant future; one that speaks to dystopian fears around AI.
  — Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
• That pairing proved ill-fated, but if results and ratings from Tuesday night are any indication, there will be room for other experiments in the not too distant future.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026