in the not too distant future
idiom
: at a time that is not long from now : soon
Changes are expected in the not too distant future.
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But that could all change in the not too distant future.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
Expect to see them — or not — in the not too distant future.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
If Musk has anything to do with it, time, in the not too distant future, will tell.
—Jemma Green, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Chances are the answers will be unveiled in the not too distant future.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
Effectively, this means that passwordless authentication will come to all major device platforms in the not too distant future: Android and iOS mobile operating systems; Chrome, Edge, and Safari browsers; and the Windows and macOS desktop environments.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 29 Sep. 2023
Backers of the new group will name it in the not too distant future.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 June 2023
If this latest disturbing report is not the real recessionary thing, something very real does lie in the not too distant future.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 2 May 2022
Anyone could have speculated that Apple might do the same thing with MacBooks in the not too distant future as soon as Apple confirmed that iMac rumor.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 7 May 2021
Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
Expect to see them — or not — in the not too distant future.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
If Musk has anything to do with it, time, in the not too distant future, will tell.
—Jemma Green, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Chances are the answers will be unveiled in the not too distant future.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
Effectively, this means that passwordless authentication will come to all major device platforms in the not too distant future: Android and iOS mobile operating systems; Chrome, Edge, and Safari browsers; and the Windows and macOS desktop environments.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 29 Sep. 2023
Backers of the new group will name it in the not too distant future.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 June 2023
If this latest disturbing report is not the real recessionary thing, something very real does lie in the not too distant future.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 2 May 2022
Anyone could have speculated that Apple might do the same thing with MacBooks in the not too distant future as soon as Apple confirmed that iMac rumor.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 7 May 2021
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