Synonyms for offing
ˈɔ fɪŋ, ˈɒf ɪŋoff·ing

Princeton's WordNet

1. offingnoun

   the near or foreseeable future

   "there was a wedding in the offing"

2. offingnoun

   the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area

   "there was a ship in the offing"

Matched Categories

1. • Body Of Water
   • Future
   • Main

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1. List of paraphrases for "offing":

   profiler, horizon

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How to say offing in sign language?

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How to use offing in a sentence?

1. Veryan Khan:

   The CIA’s success has left AQAP both guessing and pointing fingers at how the organization’s very careful leadership has been caught so off guard, in order to complete its expansion dreams, the Islamic State either needs to win over core AQAP support or kill off its opposition letting the rest fold into its ranks. The Islamic State has the most to gain, offing of important AQAP leadership.

2. Eddy Vataru:

   From where I sit obviously money is very cheap right now and bond prices reflect a full-blown recession, but I don't think that's in the offing, we are going through a weak patch now but it feels like as the days pass and it's clear that inflation is not obsolete, the market will have to re-price for that.

3. Larry Culp:

   We like the way our business is structured going in to whatever may be in the offing here.

4. Josh Putnam:

   I doubt any change is in the offing, i don't think they would either lower that or raise it in an effort to prevent Trump. That sort of proposal has never really come up.