in the offing

idiom

: likely to happen soon
A promotion might be in the offing for him.

Examples of in the offing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web China, India, and Japan are already testing digital versions of their official currencies, and a digital euro is in the offing. Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024 More encouraging news is in the offing from retail sales, which probably picked up after a feeble January showing. Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024 There’s reason enough to suspect that a new ending might be in the offing given all the novelty that’s come before. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024 Might there be another Beatles/Jackson collaboration of any kind in the offing? San Diego Union-Tribune, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for in the offing 

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“In the offing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20offing. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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