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noun

ˈȯ-fiŋ How to pronounce offing (audio)
Definition of offingnext
as in future
time that is to come major changes are in the offing for the company

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offing

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verb

present participle of off, slang
as in murdering
to put to death deliberately the hit man was rumored to have offed at least three people in the last year alone

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Recent Examples of offing
Noun
More changes in personnel as well as format are in the offing, sources close to events tell me. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 May 2026 For that to happen, however, lots of construction was in the offing. — Thad Moore, AJC.com, 27 May 2026
Verb
Too bad then that the man holding a debt over his head (Jonathan Coyne) is actually planning on offing him in his last match. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 May 2026 One of them, Elle (Sophie Thatche), is haunted by a nefarious murderer, the Leather Man, who is offing women around the city. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for offing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offing
  1. future
  2. murdering
  3. tomorrow
  4. assassinating
  5. futurity
  6. slaying
  7. executing
  8. killing
Noun
  • The combination of elevated inflation and a resilient labor market, meanwhile, has raised the chances of an interest rate hike, futures markets show.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • Neither represents a sustainable future for the fashion industry.
    — P.J. Smith, Footwear News, 30 July 2026
Definition of future
Verb
  • Their son pleaded guilty in October 2022 to murdering four students and injuring several others in the November 2021 shooting at Oxford High School and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • On that Sabbath morning, a gunman shot his way into the synagogue, shouting antisemitic invective and murdering 11 worshipers from the three congregations sharing the building — Dor Hadash, New Light and Tree of Life.
    — Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of murdering
Noun
  • But before Boeing and Airbus compete over tomorrow's narrow-body aircraft, both still have to deliver on today's orders.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 21 July 2026
  • Overlapping time zones, a phone that buzzes through dinner, investors who expect answers before the market opens tomorrow, and social-media pressure all threaten reputations.
    — Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of tomorrow
Verb
  • Then, a few weeks later, Israel blew up the ongoing talks by assassinating both Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas representative leading peace talks in Qatar, and Mohammed Deif, a top decision-maker inside Gaza.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Attorneys at a key hearing for the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk sparred over whether a police interview should be made public, with Kirk’s family attorney saying that sealing it will only sow distrust in the justice system.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 July 2026
Definition of assassinating
Noun
  • Established in 2023, the biennial prize is given in recognition of next-gen multidisciplinary artists working at the intersection of art, media, and technology to explore notions of futurity and transformation.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 4 Nov. 2025
  • This reading list offers resources for engaging with Indigenous thought, resistance, and futurity.
    — JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025
Definition of futurity
Verb
  • Foster, 58, was ordered held without bail on Thursday for slaying 39-year-old Julia Anderson during a property dispute, cops said.
    — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
  • An Oregon man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for a November 1981 Griffith cold case slaying.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026
Definition of slaying
Verb
  • Evaluation frameworks, orchestration, agent definitions and business rules should evolve independently from the intelligence executing them.
    — Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • But the nationwide total last year nearly doubled compared to the year prior, with 11 states executing 47 inmates – 19 of whom were in Florida, DPIC data shows.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
Definition of executing
Verb
  • Willett faced some blowback after touting an endorsement from Eric DeValkenaere, the first Kansas City police officer ever convicted for killing a Black man.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • An armed Hudson barricaded himself and his mother inside her apartment after deputies responded to the second call for help before shooting Hayes four times, killing her.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of killing

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