wave of the future

American  

noun

1. a trend or development that may influence or become a significant part of the future.

   Computerization is the wave of the future.

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Etymology

Origin of wave of the future

Phrase popularized as the title of an essay (1940) by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Example Sentences

“The notion of stand-alone development—stand-alone retail, stand-alone grocery, stand-alone apartment building—that’s not the wave of the future,” Ziegler said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Elon Musks of the world might want us to believe that Starlink is the true wave of the future, but satellites are slower and considerably more expensive, and most experts say that we will be using underwater cable systems for at least the next three decades.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1940, his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, published a pamphlet entitled ”The Wave of the Future: A Confession of Faith,” which quickly became a best-seller with the America First crowd.

From Salon

“When I got out of the service I was convinced that helicopters were the wave of the future and that everybody was going to have one in their garage,” he said in a 2002 oral history for Harvard Business School.

From New York Times

“I hate to think it’s the wave of the future — corporate giants that can’t be toppled,” frontman Eddie Vedder told a Chicago audience days later.

From Los Angeles Times