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In a near future vs in a close future

Neither phrase is commonly used in English. The correct phrase to use is 'in the near future.' 'In a close future' is not idiomatic English.
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In a near future

'In a near future' is not a correct construction in English. The correct phrase is 'in the near future.'

The correct phrase to use is 'in the near future' when referring to a time that is close but not immediate.
  • Lock In is a detective story set in a near-future, where an epidemic disease called Haden locks people into their own body. Those afflicted get the ability ...
  • Oct 1, 2020 ... Justification for swords in a near future world. Discussion. So the story that I'm working on is a magitech world in the near future and was ...
  • Feb 9, 2021 ... 'Will the Spanish regions converge in a near future?' Rafael Flores de FrutosCES Cardenal Cisneros, Madrid, SpainCorrespondencerfloresf ...
  • Feb 19, 2022 ... Will ChromeOS Flex have Linux support in a near future? Chrome OS Flex / Cloudready. Well, as the title says. Or did support for it always ...
  • Feb 20, 2016 ... "Probably, in a near future, most youngsters will be better well-educated as the society would get even more demanding than now." Hi guys!
  • Apr 30, 2024 ... Efficient method of storing energy in a near-future, semi-hard sci-fi game · 1. (And the previous element at a predicted island of stability, 114 ...
  • Workers DOM manipulation API - in a near-future roadmap? Developers Workers · tomas.cerkasas September 26, 2019, 10:01pm 1. Hi,. wanted to inquire how ...
  • Feb 9, 2024 ... Please take a moment to review the announcement here. FM9 · FM9 Discussion. is there a new product in a near future for tube amp lovers like ...
  • In a near future · Artwork Focused Critiques · Holmen (Holmen) August 24, 2016, 6:12am 1. Hi! I have been working on this scene for a while and I want to ...
  • Jan 29, 2014 ... Alienated In a Near-Future Chicago: A Review of Ben Tanzer's “Orphans” ... Switchgrass Books; 164 p. ... In the past few years, Ben Tanzer has ...

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in a close future

'In a close future' is not a correct construction in English. The correct phrase is 'in the near future.'

The correct phrase to use is 'in the near future' when referring to a time that is close but not immediate.
  • Aug 20, 2023 ... I want ro make a fictional country, but in a close future, basically humans start developing superpowers and of course they suffer from discrimination.
  • It can be useful in a close-future. So, as you can see below, the picture is showing us how the user cannot run the interface service after pressing the ...
  • Dec 7, 2021 ... I understand this is a sort of large dataset but I believe this wouldn't be so uncommon practice in a close future… 1 Like. normanrz (Norman ...
  • Dec 29, 2019 ... I keep saying, wait until engineering and Architectural work is produced overseas and approved without local licenses, Imagine in a close future ...
  • Nov 18, 2009 ... We are porting our tools for aligning photos over 3D meshes inside meshlab so in a close future this feature will be well integrated in MeshLab.
  • Oct 17, 2023 ... ... in a close future update or tell. ... Can you fix the problem in a close future update or tell me how to change this back to old version ...
  • May 22, 2023 ... Anything that can be shared? Are we going to see cool things in a close future? :grinning:
  • Aug 25, 2016 ... I have big table (40k rows, and 100k++ in a close future) where alot of rows will be deleted (and replaced by modern data), and updated rows by ...
  • Nov 26, 2018 ... Do you think this can be done in a close future ? Thanks. 6 Likes. Multiple WAN IPs each on separate VLANs from ISP · Ron_Case November 29 ...
  • Feb 19, 2016 ... ... in a close future :) loadmess's icon · loadmess. Feb 08 2023 | 8:57 am. Sorry my silly question, I just wish to get a broad view of the ...

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  • in the near future

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