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Noun:
- figurative The foreseeable future. ''Chiefly in the phrase'' '''in the offing'''.
- nautical The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground.
- nautical The distance that a ship at sea keeps away from land, often because of navigational dangers, fog and other hazards; a position at a distance from shore.
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