forthcoming
adjective
forth·com·ing
fȯrth-ˈkə-miŋ 
ˈfȯrth-
1
: being about to appear or to be produced or made available
the forthcoming holidays
your forthcoming novel
funds are forthcoming
2
a
: responsive, outgoing
a forthcoming and courteous man
b
: characterized by openness, candidness, and forthrightness (see forthright entry 1 sense 1)
… not forthcoming about his memories of medical school …—
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He was more forthcoming about his past than they expected.
She has been less than forthcoming about her involvement in the scandal.
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Previously announced as making her screen acting debut in The Body, Netflix’s forthcoming coming-of-age drama series from Quinn Shephard, she is repped by UTA, Ocean Avenue, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
The interview marks the pair’s first about their forthcoming film The Drama, which is out April 3.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026
The most striking passages in Picky, a forthcoming book by the historian Helen Zoe Veit, describe the way famous 19th-century American figures ate as children.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Edoardo Baldi, among Hollywood’s favorite chefs, plates a dish of sweet corn tortellini at the pass in the gleaming kitchen of his forthcoming steakhouse at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
The interview marks the pair’s first about their forthcoming film The Drama, which is out April 3.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026
The most striking passages in Picky, a forthcoming book by the historian Helen Zoe Veit, describe the way famous 19th-century American figures ate as children.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Edoardo Baldi, among Hollywood’s favorite chefs, plates a dish of sweet corn tortellini at the pass in the gleaming kitchen of his forthcoming steakhouse at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Forthcoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forthcoming. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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forthcoming
adjective
forth·com·ing
(ˈ)fōrth-ˈkəm-iŋ
(ˈ)fȯrth-
1
a
: being about to appear : approaching
the forthcoming holidays
your forthcoming novel
b
: readily available
supplies will be forthcoming soon
2
a
: outgoing sense 2
a forthcoming and courteous man
b
: open and candid
not forthcoming about her past
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