in the offing
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Sovereign-bond yields, including Canada’s, have climbed as traders anticipate that higher inflation is in the offing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Knowing that an indictment was in the offing, Heppner had consulted Claude for help on a defense strategy.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
A sustainably higher multiple could be in the offing if the company can go from a slow-growth auto maker in a competitive and cyclical business to a maker of robots.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
Interviewed on the podcast Top Traders Unplugged, White sketched out the problems facing advanced economies at present and delivered a disconcerting warning of the systemic failure he thinks may be in the offing.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026
Anyway, national publicity was in the offing for the Nation of Islam when Mr. Muhammad sent me on a three-week trip to Africa.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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