Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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But in the time it takes to read this word, the ball will have sailed past.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2018
They will have sailed, at least, before we can reach England.
From He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope
I suppose Captain Jacques here will have sailed away.”
From Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days by W. (William) Rainey
Before the end of June, Civil Engineer Robert E. Peary of the United States Navy will have sailed on another expedition for the Arctic regions.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 by Various
We, this throng Of midgets, playing, listening, tense and still, Are sailing on a midget ball of dust We call our planet; will have sailed through space Ten thousand leagues before this music ends.
From Watchers of the Sky by Alfred Noyes
