after a while
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: after some time has passed
We will get started after a while.
The job got easier after a while.
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The [typewriter] ribbons were hard to find after a while.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 June 2025
And after a while, what once felt like care starts to feel like over-functioning.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
But after a while—two million to three million years for the gigantic star’s supernova, and 30 million years for the smaller supernova—the debris halo became sufficiently chilled.
—Robin George Andrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
The latter stops working after a while because the insects adapt and become used to those signals, and don't respond as expected.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 May 2025
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 June 2025
And after a while, what once felt like care starts to feel like over-functioning.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
But after a while—two million to three million years for the gigantic star’s supernova, and 30 million years for the smaller supernova—the debris halo became sufficiently chilled.
—Robin George Andrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
The latter stops working after a while because the insects adapt and become used to those signals, and don't respond as expected.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for after a while
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“After a while.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/after%20a%20while. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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