before long

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Recent Examples of before long The 20-year-old is currently around Spurs’ first-team squad, covering for long-term injury absentee Radu Dragusin, but will likely head out on loan before long. Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025 Ophelia is driven to madness after the murder of her father and flaky romantic advances from Hamlet, and before long, takes her own life. Jaeden Pinder, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2025 Maybe that will turn up, too, before long, in Helsinki or Manila. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 But before long his hearing begins to disappear, leading him down a panicked trail of denial, anger and desperation. Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for before long
Recent Examples of Synonyms for before long
Adverb
  • Ford reports record-breaking third quarter earnings The announcement regarding Ford's push to increase truck production following the aluminum plant fire comes shortly before the company publicly reported its third quarter earnings.
    Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Performers and presenters will be announced shortly.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • It will soon be connected to Oaxaca City next year for easy access.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Revolutionary groups, often recruited from universities and the intelligentsia, were soon carrying out terrorist attacks in the cities.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025

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