as in soon
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Adverb
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Ukraine will not gain anything by waiting to negotiate from a hypothetical future position of strength; such a position will not come soon, if ever.—
Thomas Graham,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Dec. 2025 -
Similar hardware has flown on missions to Mercury, Mars, Pluto, Titan, and soon Jupiter’s moon Europa.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Ongoing construction worsened the situation, but shortly after the interchange, traffic eased.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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Smith served in Vietnam in 1970, shortly after his oldest daughter was born.—
Nick Lunemann,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Adverb
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As presently constructed, this is one of the weakest ground games in the NFL.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
7 Dec. 2025
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Asked about her latest influences, the designer, presently at work on a Madrid apartment and a Paris hôtel particulier, points to Federico Forquet.—
The Editors of AD,
Architectural Digest,
3 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Jones, meanwhile, has been on the Los Rios board for two decades, having first been elected in 2006.—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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The property was first homesteaded as a working cattle and hay cutting ranch in 1915 by Clarence Lytle.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
Adverb
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Five minutes later, television helicopters — there would be more than 20 of them in the sky before long, their signals overlapping, scrambling footage — picked up the Bronco, tailed by police cars, moving up Interstate 5.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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Perhaps Blake Hunt will get a look before long.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2026
Adverb
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Instead, remember that banks will issue early withdrawal penalties against savers who take their money out of the account prematurely.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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When a handful of renderings leaked prematurely, the initial reactions focused on ostensibly vulgar details, especially bronze accents that looked implausibly golden in the renderings and a presidential seal etched on one wall.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 June 2026
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“Erelong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erelong. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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