Upcoming in a sentence as an adjective

"But if we continue to observe melting events like this in upcoming years, it will be worrisome.

But, I still had my doubts, and walked away assuming Dropbox would not be one of the success stories out of that upcoming YC batch.

To do so, either Romney has to all but disappear as a candidate or he has to do extremely well in the upcoming primaries.

His point is more about not putting all your eggs in one basket; you certainly don't tell your barista about an upcoming physician's appointment, or that you are in the market for a house.

Interesting that Jony will be overseeing UI. I expect a more minimalistic polish to upcoming interfaces.

These new Chrome apps are the programming model for the upcoming native Android webappsThe next milestone I expect to see is V8 added alongside Dalvik as a first-class runtime for Android.

You're confusing up-and-coming, meaning "showing promise", with upcoming, meaning "forthcoming".

Upcoming definitions

adjective

of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"

See also: approaching forthcoming