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in the future

Meaning

At a future time, at some point in the future.
Synonyms: later on, someday; see also Thesaurus:one day
Perhaps humans will live on Mars in the future.
7 messages to people 500 years in the future.
A short time away in the future.

(US) From now on.
Synonyms: as of now, going forward, hereafter; see also Thesaurus:henceforth
Please put the toilet seat down in the future.

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My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there. Charles Kettering

I believe that I've made good judgments in the past, and I think I've made good judgments in the future. Dan Quayle

I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future. Heath Ledger

Forget the past, but look out in the future. Afghan Proverb

Look to the past to help us move forward in the future. Ghana Proverb

Everything in the past died yesterday, and everything in the future is born today. Chinese Proverb

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