the time has come
idiom
: it is the right moment to do something or for something to happen
We feel that the time has come for a decision to be made.
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Commissioner George Teal, one of the chief proponents of home-rule authority for the county of nearly 400,000, said the time has come for Douglas County to assert its independence from a state legislature that has shifted decidedly to the left over the last decade.
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John Aguilar, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
With tequila having become a global phenomenon over the last couple of decades, the time has come for those who love it worldwide to use the category as a reflection of their own cultures.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 3 June 2025
With the average student loan debt exceeding $38,000 and the average time to pay off student loans now exceeding 20 years, and with students increasingly questioning the notion that college is the best path to a secure future, the time has come to take a closer look at an alternative that works.
—Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Perhaps instead, the time has come for policies that will reduce the financial pressures that all families face but weigh disproportionately on those who can least afford to bear them.
—Augustine Sedgewick, Time, 13 June 2025
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John Aguilar, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
With tequila having become a global phenomenon over the last couple of decades, the time has come for those who love it worldwide to use the category as a reflection of their own cultures.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 3 June 2025
With the average student loan debt exceeding $38,000 and the average time to pay off student loans now exceeding 20 years, and with students increasingly questioning the notion that college is the best path to a secure future, the time has come to take a closer look at an alternative that works.
—Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Perhaps instead, the time has come for policies that will reduce the financial pressures that all families face but weigh disproportionately on those who can least afford to bear them.
—Augustine Sedgewick, Time, 13 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for the time has come
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“The time has come.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20time%20has%20come. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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