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Offing meaning
The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground. | The distance that a ship at sea keeps away from land, often because of navigational dangers, fog and other hazards; a position at a distance from shore. | The foreseeable future. Chiefly in the phrase in the offing.
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Example sentences (20)
And he warned a tragedy could be in the offing.
A SUPER Sunday is in the offing for the final league contest of the weekend.
Drier weather appeared in the offing later in the week for a state more used to drought than to deluges that have flooded farm fields, closed major highways and inundated some urban areas.
Finer said there was no arms deal in the offing to announce right now but emphasised that the US and its allies could help Vietnam to diversify its arms supplies instead of being solely dependent on Russia.
It might, and there's another catalyst that could be in the offing.
One expert told MSNBC that Wednesday’s news would suggest an indictment is in the offing.
Some of the earliest accounts of genocide were recorded in the Bible in the same land where its possibility is in the offing.
The Offing, set in Robin Hood’s Bay, is also by Benjamin Myers and is a coming of age drama.
Three more are in the offing for the 2030s.
And there was enough in this performance to suggest a place on the bench could be in the offing in the visit to Brighton on Wednesday.
As per sources, this round of talks has been in the offing since the last few weeks.
Cato Institute president continues, "With a razor-thin Electoral College contest in the offing this November, it's clear that any play for incremental support is worth Trump's effort and could make the difference.
He is expected to host a meeting at the White House later this week with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and expressed optimism that a cease-fire is in the offing.
However, with the move to Sheffield United in the offing, it was ultimately not available to Boro at that time and they have instead taken advantage of the circumstances in this moment to make his Boro switch a reality now.
It was further gathered that Obi had perfected plans to dump LP again with other options in the offing.
The proposed development of the stop has been in the offing for years.
Was such a twist ever in the offing?
When asked if there were any other deals in the offing, Millington said: "We're not in any great rush beyond that.
However, the question now remains, with no mega stimulus package in the offing, how long will stock markets manage to hold on?
I’m not sure that “new normal” is in the immediate offing.