Definition of "oncoming" []

• Coming nearer; approaching: an oncoming storm. (adjective)
• An approach; an advance. (noun)

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• "The difficulty is that much of what we describe as the oncoming third wave threatens existing constituencies in the democratic party, and as a result, there is ..."
• "An employer can't legally tell you to do something that will knowingly cost you your life, like stand in oncoming traffic, so why should we allow an industry that tells girls they can't work unless they are actively starving themselves to death?"
• "t legally tell you to do something that will knowingly cost you your life, like stand in oncoming traffic, so why should we allow an industry that tells girls they can"