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erelong

adverb

Definition of erelongnext
archaic
as in soon

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erelong
  1. soon
  2. shortly
  3. presently
  4. first
  5. before long
  6. prematurely
Adverb
  • Deer are not appearing much on camera during the daytime, but that might change soon.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The giant planet formed fairly soon after the sun (within a million years).
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of soon
Adverb
  • The La Verne blaze began shortly before noon Tuesday inside one of four 250-kilowatt-battery containers at the Metropolitan Water District’s facility on Wheeler Avenue, according to the La Verne Fire Department.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Chris Lindstrom didn’t have any lines rehearsed or even a direction planned for his pregame speech when the Falcons surrounded him shortly before kickoff Thursday night at Lambeau Field.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of shortly
Adverb
  • As if a Monday-night football outing weren’t enough, Cruise—who is presently promoting his new film Digger, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu—also appeared on Kelce and his brother Jason’s New Heights podcast.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026
  • What the exercise provides is visibility into your presently existing digital footprint.
    — Evan Nierman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of presently
Adverb
  • Some of these details were first reported by the New York Times.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The meeting, first reported by Axios, comes at a high-stakes moment for Anthropic, which is gearing up for what’s widely expected to be a blockbuster IPO.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of first
Adverb
  • Benton suggested that there’s a chance AI systems could come to exist as a sort of separate species before long.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The visits became more frequent, and before long, they were romantically and creatively conjoined.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of before long
Adverb
  • How to Protect Bird Seed From Humidity Humidity can cause your bird seed to spoil prematurely.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 27 Sep. 2026
  • These progressively compress the fuel to high density without prematurely heating it, reducing the peak power and complexity required from the driver, according to a press release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of prematurely
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“Erelong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erelong. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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