Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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How will oil towns survive move to greener world?
From BBC ● May 23, 2022
“Now the big debate is will oil peak in the 2020s or the 2030s or the 2050s?”
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2020
So, too, will oil companies, and perhaps also ceiling-fan manufacturers, though, in the case of the appliance standards, the affected manufacturers were at the table when the proposed regulations were drafted.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 12, 2017
Commercial and recreational fishing will be completely banned, as will oil, gas and mineral prospecting, exploration and mining.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 28, 2015
A cloth saturated with kerosene and placed in the bottom of a clock will oil the clockworks above it.
From Common Science by John W. (John Woodside) Ritchie
