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in the fullness of time



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Idioms and Phrases

Within the appropriate or destined time, as in We'll know if it's a boy or a girl in the fullness of time . This expression employs fullness in the sense of “a complete or ample measure or degree.” [Early 1600s]
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That is the risk - that in the fullness of time this comes to be seen as a speech long on diagnosis but short on prescription.

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In the fullness of time, when Kensington Palace decides to let the world know what kind of cancer it was, that information may accomplish for her specific cancer what the revelation of King Charles’ prostate treatment did: It sent hundreds of thousands of Britons to their doctors for checkups and saved perhaps thousands of British lives — as many as and maybe more than any king of England bearing sword and shield ever saved in battle.

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But for one of its core commodities for the future, BHP expects to become the world’s second biggest producer of nickel in “the fullness of time”.

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"Authorities may be unable turn the trend in FX markets immediately. Yet entering the market in size provides a strong signal and helps buy time for other things to fall into place that in the fullness of time then contribute to position unwinds."

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Years ago, there was an elaborate ritual dance: Justice Clarence Thomas would drop a line in an opinion or a dissent that someone should bring a challenge to X or Y, and in the fullness of time, some group would bring the challenge.

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