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wave of the future

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noun

  1. a trend or development that may influence or become a significant part of the future.

    Computerization is the wave of the future.


Etymology

Origin of wave of the future

Phrase popularized as the title of an essay (1940) by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Example Sentences

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“If we won, you would all be saying that our style is the wave of the future in the NBA,” Mr. Erving said after the game.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The world’s focus is back on old-fashioned things like oil and gold, while the wave of the future commentary centers around AI and not cryptocurrencies. Ultimately though cryptocurrencies need bullish momentum, and despite the recovery last week that is still lacking,” he told clients in a note.

From MarketWatch

“The notion of stand-alone development—stand-alone retail, stand-alone grocery, stand-alone apartment building—that’s not the wave of the future,” Ziegler said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Elon Musks of the world might want us to believe that Starlink is the true wave of the future, but satellites are slower and considerably more expensive, and most experts say that we will be using underwater cable systems for at least the next three decades.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1940, his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, published a pamphlet entitled ”The Wave of the Future: A Confession of Faith,” which quickly became a best-seller with the America First crowd.

From Salon