impending
Example Sentences
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In one instance, it referred a case of impending respiratory failure to overnight evaluation instead of an ER.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Kudrow’s comedy and the film – a real doc, not a mockumentary – take different approaches to grasping the fear and possibility of AI’s impending takeover.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
The world, meanwhile, “still appears to be underestimating the impending supply shortages and higher fuel prices” that will cause.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
KNX, the all-news station in Los Angeles that has carried CBS programming since 1936, posted a lengthy segment on the impending closure and explained how “KNX News is not going anywhere.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
It was as if she knew the story and found nothing fantastic or impending in it.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.