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“We need somebody who’s single-mindedly thinking about what McDonald’s beverage offering needs to look like in five years’ time, given that the world is going to be different,” Kempcinski said in a 2025 interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

But, for Douglas, ex-CEO of Abu Dhabi's Etihad airline, the inaugural flight is "the culmination of four years' worth of preparation".

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The P/E ratio would have to rise above 90 over the next 18 years, and to about 2,000 by the time a newborn child today would expect to retire, in 67 years’ time.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

"In five years' time, we hope to be able to have a wide range of ingredients" drawing on the company's fermentation platform, says Daryl Pek, a cofounder of Mottainai Food Tech.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

In such a masculine household, Tessie had begun to feel like the odd woman out and saw herself in ten years’ time imprisoned in a world of hubcaps and hernias.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides