as in approaching
being soon to appear or take place
an upcoming election
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Recent Examples of upcoming
On the morning of the upcoming Mars-Uranus conjunction, try to spot this eighth-magnitude star as well.
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Joe Rao,
Space.com,
3 July 2026
Landing ‘Star Trek’ icon for next show Two Cities’ other big upcoming show is The Yank starring Star Trek icon Kate Mulgrew, another original story that has a distinctly old IP feel to it.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
3 July 2026
There are the anxieties of David Ellison’s Paramount’s upcoming acquisition of Warners.
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Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2026
The singer asked for their firstborn in a video message thanking them for their generous $2 million donation to her Imagination Library ahead of their upcoming wedding.
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Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 July 2026
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Joe Rao,
Space.com,
3 July 2026
Landing ‘Star Trek’ icon for next show Two Cities’ other big upcoming show is The Yank starring Star Trek icon Kate Mulgrew, another original story that has a distinctly old IP feel to it.
—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
3 July 2026
There are the anxieties of David Ellison’s Paramount’s upcoming acquisition of Warners.
—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2026
The singer asked for their firstborn in a video message thanking them for their generous $2 million donation to her Imagination Library ahead of their upcoming wedding.
—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upcoming
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With fireworks season fast approaching, there's no better time than now to get your pet fast and reliable support before anxiety hits hardest.
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And June 30 is fast approaching.
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Neither will New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who on Tuesday was mum on any details to which he’d been made privy, carefully side-stepping a question about the Swift event during a press conference about the impending heat wave.
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LeBron James's impending free agency, though less leveraged at 41, points predictably towards a return to the Lakers.
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The world’s largest Wally’s is set to break ground in Independence in the coming months, with construction expected to conclude in 2027.
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Brickell is set to get even more Class A office space in coming years.
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Elle Fanning stars as Effie Trinket, originally played by Elizabeth Banks; the forthcoming fifth film also provides the backstory to Effie and Haymitch’s relationship in the trilogy.
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The song will appear on the forthcoming anniversary edition of the album, which was originally released on Beyoncé’s 25th birthday and debuted atop the Billboard 200 with more than 541,000 copies sold in its first week.
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“Upcoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upcoming. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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