no sooner
idiom
—used to emphasize the short time in which something happens
I had no sooner walked through the door when the phone rang.
No sooner did I walk through the door than the phone rang.
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The company expects employees' termination date to be no sooner than May 1, CNBC reported citing an internal memo sent on Monday.
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Sriparna Roy, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
The company expects employees’ termination date to be no sooner than May 1, according to the memo.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
One twist is that the TFRs will be announced no sooner than 72 hours before implementation.
—Doug Gollan, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
But no sooner had còsagach caught on than Gaelic speakers rose up in protest, saying the word didn’t evoke coziness so much as a damp hidey-hole, the kind of mossy burrow that a small creature might live in.
—Leslie Jamison, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
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Sriparna Roy, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
The company expects employees’ termination date to be no sooner than May 1, according to the memo.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
One twist is that the TFRs will be announced no sooner than 72 hours before implementation.
—Doug Gollan, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
But no sooner had còsagach caught on than Gaelic speakers rose up in protest, saying the word didn’t evoke coziness so much as a damp hidey-hole, the kind of mossy burrow that a small creature might live in.
—Leslie Jamison, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
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“No sooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20sooner. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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