Future
Future adjective - Of a time after the present.
Time was
Future is an antonym for time was in topics: earlier, olden, in the past, previously in time or order.
Both terms in one sentence
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Although this may seem like a case of Magical Computer, it's actually VRML (Virtual Reality Markup Language) which at the time was considered to be the future of the web.
Source: Aluminum Christmas Trees -
The election slogan at the time was "the future is in your hands," so the rebels chopped people's hands off to discourage them from voting in the elections.
Source: An Arm and a Leg -
This led to several sharp remarks, such as Quantos pondering (upon their return to their own timeline) that, since they were back in their own present day, and that time was the grim darkness of the far future, this must mean that they had, in fact, gone Back to the Future.
Source: Podcast / Fandible
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