in futuro
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The bread and cheese was the Count, and one gathered from it that the improvement in his immediate prospects was not yet assured, that the arrangimento was still in futuro.
From A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
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
The idea that a Dramatic Author of any standing would submit his work to such a tribunal, even with the dazzling prospect of a Matinée in futuro, is too refreshing!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 20, 1890 by Various
I say again that nothing better for lovers, in esse or in futuro, has ever been invented.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de
Brook Farm was not yet a "Phalanx," The Harbinger was yet in futuro.
From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey
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