distant future
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdistantandfuture
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distant
adjective
uk/ˈdɪs.tənt/us/ˈdɪs.tənt/
far ...
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future
noun
uk/ˈfjuː.tʃər/us/ˈfjuː.tʃɚ/
a period of time that is ...
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(Definition ofdistantandfuturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdistant future
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I hope to be able to present some of the results in the not toodistantfuture.
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As noted, it is often assumed that the adoption of conservation measures does not occur because of high short-term costs anddistantfuturebenefits.
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For it is inevitable that the insignificant delays that start in thedistantfuturewill eventually become the frustrating waits that begin in the present.
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This question will be answered in the near and not in thedistantfuture.
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Many of our decisions set off extensive long-run chain reactions, which make thedistantfuturedifficult to predict.
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Yet she recognizes her need to compromise, to postpone full liberty to somedistantfuture.
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Similarly, they are more likely to oppose reforms that have an immediate impact than measures that will only be felt in thedistantfuture.
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Perhaps in thedistantfutureit is suggested that with this technology people could well have 'artificial brain' extensions.
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I am no more interested in thedistantfuture.
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From the developing economies' point of view, the next few decades are more important than the verydistantfuture.
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Once minimal maternal and fetal risk has been secured, fetal cardiac interventions, in the not toodistantfuture, seem justifiable.
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In the moredistantfuture, we might imagine, patients will be able to buy microarray analyses in pharmacies.
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We can also see that the future envisioned by many of these commentators is thedistantfuture.
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How should we think about the value of strategies that generate current benefits but have potentially large negative consequences in the fardistantfuture?
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It is to be hoped that this potential will be fulfilled in the not toodistantfuture.
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