Future
Future noun - Time that is to come.
Usage example: in the future, there may be medical discoveries that are beyond our fondest dreams
Old
Old adjective - Having been such at some previous time.
Usage example: I ran into my old fourth-grade teacher yesterday
Both words in one sentence
- Whether you favour the distant future or the old ages, it doesn't matter; these games teach you that religious belief is ridiculously Badass by filling their worlds with particularly devout Badasses.
Source: Real Men Love Jesus -
Victor Lazlo, a parapsychologist who got time-shifted from the 1970's to this future is horrified when he meets, and is recognized by, an old friend (who was secretly a dragon) and realizes that this is his world's future, and not just an alternate one.
Source: Bad Future - In the two-part time travel episode of Justice League, he visits (an alternate version of) the Batman Beyond future, and tells his future self that he's surprised that he lived to old age.
Source: The Fatalist
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