imminent

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Plaid declined to comment on the timing of a potential IPO, but said it isn’t imminent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The central bank, he said, isn’t facing an imminent decision on what to do with rates because “we don’t know what the economic effects” of the Iran war will be.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Dar also said late Saturday that Iran had allowed 20 more Pakistani-flagged vessels -- or two ships daily -- to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, easing fears of an imminent fuel crisis.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

The only justification, they calculated, would be an imminent threat, especially information that Iran was close to creating a nuclear weapon.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

In writing his letter to this new Lord Cheldthorpe, 03-01 seemed most sanguine about the prospects of His Lordship’s acquiescence and imminent financial gain.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson