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
But fast growth doesn’t last forever, and sooner or later, those cracks get bigger.
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Hope Horner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Some earlier experiments hinted at temporary slowdowns in heating, but sooner or later the atoms always absorbed energy and lost their coherence.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2025
But sooner or later the fundamentals will take charge, and then, watch out for flying glass.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
But one of us, sooner or later, will have to drown.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
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Hope Horner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Some earlier experiments hinted at temporary slowdowns in heating, but sooner or later the atoms always absorbed energy and lost their coherence.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2025
But sooner or later the fundamentals will take charge, and then, watch out for flying glass.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
But one of us, sooner or later, will have to drown.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sooner or later
Adverb
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But eventually the feeders were swarmed by what appeared to be thousands of bees.—
Irv Erdos,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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In theory, that bear would eventually learn to stay away from those areas.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are infertile or gay couples have babies with their own genes but would also raise difficult ethical, social and legal issues.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
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Does Gordon have the talent to become a lead back someday?—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Old wounds around education or beliefs finally have a chance to heal.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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Yoshida’s leadoff single and Rafaela’s 33rd double finally knocked Mize out of the game in the seventh.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Sooner or later.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sooner%20or%20later. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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