Impending
Impending adjective - Being soon to appear or take place.
Next and impending are semantically related in approaching topic. In some cases you can use "Next" instead an adjective "Impending", when it comes to topics like arrival.
Next
Next adjective - Being the one that comes immediately after another.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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On the next page, the counter has jumped to "8 Hours Prior to the Outbreak." The gang seems to have averted the impending aerial bombing, and Dave happily states that everything is working out.
- GlaDOS of Portal describes everything from deadly experiments to your impending death with the same urgency as an automated recording announcing the next train to arrive.
Source: Cozy Voice for Catastrophes - Perhaps do to his feeling the impending weight of responsibility that comes with being chosen by the matrix to be the next prime.
Source: Analysis / Transformers Prime
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Next and Impending. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/impending/next
Impending & Next. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/impending/next>.
Next or Impending. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/impending/next.
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