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distant future

NOUN
long run
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If we want to give ourselves the best chance to remain employable in the distant future, it will be incumbent on us to help companies see our potential for jobs we’ve never done before.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

The findings also raise questions about the distant future of our own solar system.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026

It’s impossible to rule out a distant future “where everything is all based off the same kind of technology,” he added.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

It sounds like something from the distant future, but nanotechnology - engineering at a scale of millionths of a millimetre - is already used in lots of everyday real-life tech.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026

I will, in the not too distant future.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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