before long
adverbDefinition of before long
: in the near future : soon
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Synonyms for before long
Synonyms
anon, by and by, directly, momentarily, presently, shortly, soon
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The Gunners have already signed full-back Stephan Lichtsteiner and goalkeeper Bernd Leno, with further deals for midfielder Lucas Torreira and centre-back Sokratis Papastathopoulos expected to also be announced before long. — SI.com, "Arsenal Target Confirms He Wants to Join Gunners After Rejecting Offers From Turkish Clubs," 22 June 2018 After the big war, Life took him on its staff and before long sent him into a little one. — Harrison Smith, Darryl Levings And Katie Bernard, kansascity, "From gruesome wars to Picasso portraits: KC-born photographer David Douglas Duncan dies," 7 June 2018 Cayre and Sapienza hit it off, and before long, were en route to a castle in Maastricht for a business seminar designed to educate art world professionals about finance and to educate financiers about the art world. — Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Longreads, "Tax-Free Storage Wars," 29 May 2018 Its editors were known to brag that any newcomer to the city would find their or their children’s names in the paper before long, often in stories about youth league teams or neighborhood associations. — Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, "Capital Gazette newspapers in Annapolis trace their origins to 1727," 28 June 2018 Officials are reaching out to trails agencies around the state and hope before long to fill in all of Ohio's more than 5,000 miles. — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, "Nation's only state trails caucus prompts Ohio trails website (photos)," 16 Apr. 2018 One mile would become two, two would become three, and before long, all those races and training runs would feel like cakewalks. — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, "TrueForm Runner puts challenging, beneficial twist on traditional treadmill workout: Stretching Out," 11 Jan. 2018 Tragedy strikes, the stakes escalate and before long a series of emotional discoveries arrive as if on cue. — Justin Chang, latimes.com, "Cannes kicks off with two Spanish-language dramas, 'Everybody Knows' and 'Birds of Passage'," 9 May 2018 But before long, life will be changing for those who once clung to daily fantasy sports to feed their desire for quick, entertaining payouts. — Conor Orr, SI.com, "What Will Betting on the NFL Look Like Now? U.K. Bookmakers and Gamblers Give Us an Idea," 14 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'before long.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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