in the not too distant future

in the not-too-distant future

At a time not very far in the future. When I was growing up, we never would have believed that we'd be using phones as powerful as supercomputers in the not-too-distant future. The story is set in the not-too-distant future, when artificial intelligence has just begun to take control of our daily lives.
See also: future
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

in the not too ˌdistant ˈfuture

not a long time in the future; fairly soon: We’re thinking of having a baby in the not too distant future.
See also: distant, future, not
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • in the not-so-distant future
  • in the not-too-distant future
  • (just) to be safe
  • hustle (one's) butt
  • hustle your butt
  • be cracking on
  • cracking
  • Good deal!
  • have (one) over a barrel
  • have someone over a barrel
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WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (KUNA) -- South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday that he looks forward to a summit meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un "in the not too distant future." In an interview with Fox network, Moon noted that he was in Pyongyang last week and had a "very good meeting with Chairman Kim.
"I'm quite sure in the not too distant future he will go manage on his own."
Yet what is now an hour's ride could be a matter of minutes in the not too distant future. Transrapid, Germany's magnetic highspeed rail link, is destined to arrive at a new railway terminal building next to a refurbished Station Hotel (by local practice Angerer Hadler) which is now part of the Dorint hotel chain.
An IDA spokesman said it was now likely the bond application would be granted full approval "in the not too distant future."
Those who recall the recent Clinton era should not have trouble imagining a situation in the not too distant future when pro-lifers, home schoolers, gun owners, vocal constitutionalists, and other patriots are officially designated as security threats.
Catholics around the world consider her a saint and expect the Church to act on that in the not too distant future.
Hopefully, in the not too distant future, it will also be appropriate for multistate users.
"He wants to improve the club and I expect us to be a really decent side in the not too distant future."
Every frenzied market comes with a headache and there may be a migraine waiting for a lot of new owners in the not too distant future. Aside from the obvious issues concerning the status of the leasing market place, there are more mundane and practical issues at play.
While unemployment is still likely to increase, it is a historically healthy number, coupled with the fact that the recession is already over eight months o ld and adding to the mix that new construction is at or near historic lows, seems to augur well for a "bottom" in the not too distant future.
At some point in the not too distant future, we predict that asking if an office building is "Internet wired" will be as archaic as asking "is it air conditioned?"
While there is no immediate upturn to the direction of the current market conditions, Haeffner does see the reemergence of smaller institutions, thrifts and insurance companies into the business in the not too distant future. "As hard to believe as it is now, we may see the early 80's recast in |90's style--with buying and developing picking up notably during the mid to latter portion of the decade."