Five years from now vs from now on,

Both phrases are correct, but they have different meanings and usage. 'Five years from now' refers to a specific point in the future, five years from the present moment. 'From now on' indicates a starting point from the present moment and continuing into the future.

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Five years from now

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to a specific point in the future, five years from the present moment.

This phrase is used to talk about something that will happen or be true at a specific time in the future, which is five years from the current moment.

Examples:

I plan to retire five years from now.
Five years from now, we will look back on this moment.
Where do you see yourself five years from now?
Five years from now, technology will have advanced even further.
Five years from now, I hope to have achieved my goals.

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Five years from now, nobody will care who they are.
Five years from now, I'm not sure if it's still around.
Five years from now I'll be doing what I do now.
If I didn't, five years from now, the Savoy would be The Tumbleweed.
Who knows, maybe five years from now I might be going through a nasty divorce And I might displace my anger at all men towards you.
I don't want to end up here, you know, five years from now, desperate and sad.
In fact, I bet, five years from now, the world will still be better off for what I did.
So if you didn't want to do the surgery now, you could... do it in a year, five years from now.
You'll learn the lesson now or five years from now, but you'll learn.
You're likely To get a date five years from now. Alan:
If I die five years from now, they'll be like,
He'll offer me his daughter's hand, then, five years from now, Rachael is pregnant with Elon's little sister and we're having a beautiful family New Year's then in our vacation condo
Five years from now, we'll be reminiscing about our time in Tuscany together.
Five years from now, this is what I hope happens to me: I'm taken back to the boat, I'm given a gas mask: 80 parts per million hydrogen sulfide.
Five years from now no one is going to remember you... or the Beach Boys.
Five years from now you could be anything else in the world.
Five years from now, what is katie connor doing?
Five years from now... when you see your friends buying cars and homes, you'll curse yourself
Five years from now... no matter where we are, no matter ourselves in this exact location, at exactly this time.
I want to be happy five years from now, too.

Alternatives:

in five years
five years in the future
five years down the line
five years ahead
five years later

from now on,

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate a starting point from the present moment and continuing into the future.

This phrase is used to talk about actions or situations that will continue into the future starting from the present moment.

Examples:

I will exercise every day from now on.
From now on, I will be more careful with my spending.
You need to be more organized from now on.
From now on, we will implement new policies.
From now on, things will be different.

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And from now on, keep your shoes up on a shelf.
CTU is being absorbed by Homeland, which means from now on, every operational decision needs to go through me.
So from now on, he wants you two to be friends.
But from now on, we count per capita.
So from now on, you can go to school without me.
So from now on, I'll cook even better.
So from now on, do your business elsewhere.
Antoinette, from now on, there is only one Montgolfier brother.
But from now on, be careful.
Okay, from now on, he is always a she.
What is important is that from now on, you never leave my side.
So from now on, we're communicating old-school.
Because from now on, I'm not leaving your side.
And from now on, you can empty it.
And from now on, there's no more secrets or surprises.
And from now on, you have mine.
Instead from now on, just look at me.
Tiger said, from now on, you must do everything Japanese-style.
And from now on, Wi-Fi in this neighborhood is on me.
Okay, from now on, everybody, watch what you say.

Alternatives:

henceforth
in the future
starting now
going forward
from this point on

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