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in the offing

adjective as in near

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“L.A. Women” is in many ways a breezy book, gentle about its crises and suggesting early on that a happy ending is in the offing.

Before the Brumbies game, Itoje was asked if more direct rugby was in the offing.

From BBC

WAILUKU, Hawaii — A Rams-Jalen Ramsey reunion might not be in the offing.

Maybe there was another shock in the offing, but how many shocks have we actually seen in Scottish Cup finals in the last half century and more.

From BBC

“The Europeans’ takeaway,” the Journal notes, “was that Trump didn’t believe that a near-term peace deal was in the offing and that the war was Europe’s problem.”

From Slate

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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