writing on the wall
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The state’s political leaders saw the writing on the wall: With the demographic shift, the ratio of family caregivers to aging parents was set to decline from 7:1 in 2010 to 3:1 in 2050.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
"Ultimately, I think the readings are that Scarborough on the whole will have a town-wide campervan ban. I think that's what is the writing on the wall here," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
“The writing on the wall suggests that, exactly as we feared years ago, this was not the way to go.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Amanda Schmidt saw the writing on the wall a few months before her early-December layoff from a marketing job at a tech company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
West Virginia’s Governor Homer Holt saw the writing on the wall: the choice was to integrate or, like its neighbor to the east, dig in and contest the ruling.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
