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foreseeable

 adjective
     
fore‧see‧a‧ble
1

for/in the foreseeable future

for as long as it is possible to know what is likely to happen:
The situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.
2

in the foreseeable future

fairly soon:
There is a possibility of water shortages in the foreseeable future.
3 foreseeable difficulties, events etc should be planned for because they are very likely to happen in the future:
The judge found that it was not foreseeable that the fuel would catch fire.
foreseeable risk
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