as in eventually
at a later time
sooner or later, the police are going to track down the burglar
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Recent Examples of sooner or later
Other civic leaders predicted that, sooner or later, the chief would be held to account.
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Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Get ready for the next emergency Living in Southern California means another wildfire is coming sooner or later.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
And then, sooner or later, things start clicking, and this happens, and that happens, and then things kind of work out.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2025
He’s been so snake-bitten by injury, and mostly pretty fluky ones, that he’s got to catch a break sooner or later, right?
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 Jan. 2025
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Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Get ready for the next emergency Living in Southern California means another wildfire is coming sooner or later.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
And then, sooner or later, things start clicking, and this happens, and that happens, and then things kind of work out.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2025
He’s been so snake-bitten by injury, and mostly pretty fluky ones, that he’s got to catch a break sooner or later, right?
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for sooner or later
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sooner or later
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Buffalo eventually tied the game at 29-29 after finding Curtis Samuel for a one-yard touchdown with 6:15 remaining.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Much of that money would be better devoted to nuclear power, adaptation, and strengthening resilience to whatever the climate may eventually bring our way.—
The Editors,
National Review,
27 Jan. 2025
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Prosecutor Joel Smith said the judge only had to consider if there is a mechanism that could allow Singler to be freed someday.—
Brian Melley,
The Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2025
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In short, a century after Scopes’s eight-day trial ended, there’s now reason to hope that someday every student in the U.S.’s public schools will be in a position to appreciate that nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.—
Glenn Branch,
Scientific American,
24 Jan. 2025
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By Kathleen Walsh February 4, 2025 The rumors had been going around for months but finally, in February of 2025, it was confirmed that Lily Allen and David Harbour are actually breaking up.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
4 Feb. 2025
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Nearly a month after deadly wildfires ripped through Los Angeles neighborhoods, the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) has finally reopened in Malibu, California.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Sooner or later.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sooner%20or%20later. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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