erelong

archaic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erelong
Adverb
  • Democrats are dug in on extending Obamacare subsidies expiring soon, citing Americans' rising health care costs.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • With no agreement in place, the government will soon begin the arduous process of winding down operations, sending furlough notices, and notifying contractors.
    Nik Popli, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The original Peaky Blinders series culminated with season six in 2022, shortly before Murphy went on to star in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, nabbing an Academy Award.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Stephen's stepmother lived in the home until shortly before the hurricane.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • This all but precludes a cargo mission to the International Space Station, which is scheduled to be deorbited in 2030, and presently has two more-than-capable supply vehicles with SpaceX's Dragon and Northrop's new, larger Cygnus.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The Padres began the day two games behind the National League West-leading Dodgers, and the reward for winning the division is a home wild-card series as opposed to the road series the Padres are presently in line to play.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Related recalls were first issued on August 19 and have since been expanded on eight occasions, with Lawrence Wholesale's recall the latest in the list.
    Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Affordable Care Act subsidies that Democrats are pressing to extend were first enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Nik Popli, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • 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
  • And before long, reminiscent of other big games under Franklin in which his offense did not do enough to support a ferocious defense.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Critics of that plan — who include advocates and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle — have warned that such steep cuts could prematurely end missions in which NASA has invested billions of dollars and threaten the nation’s ability to continue making world-leading breakthroughs.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In 2009, the couple welcomed twins Bob and Max, who were born six weeks prematurely, and required a prolonged hospital stay.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Erelong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erelong. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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