distant future

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

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 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

Many experts consider fusion the holy grail of energy that could deliver enormous power in the distant future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

And when the production falls somewhere between RedOne productions and Plan B deep cuts, that world becomes a post-cultural, hazy pop dystopia of both the past and a far-off, distant future.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

I thought I wanted to be like Papa, at least sometime in the distant future.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns