in futuro
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Brook Farm was not yet a "Phalanx," The Harbinger was yet in futuro.
From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey
What! the schoolmaster's son, an usher, a curate in futuro, with perhaps 80l. or 100l. a year to live upon!
From Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles by Paull, H. B.
I have already passed the Pons Asinorum, and will desist, remembering the old pedantic pun of Jem Boyer, my schoolmaster:— "Ass in præsenti seldom makes a wise man in futuro."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various
Or the youngsters may still be in futuro.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various
I do not consider this request in futuro as breaking my promise to give no more trouble for some time.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
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