as in shortly
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imminently
Adverb
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The report of a kayaker in distress near Willamette Falls came from a 911 caller shortly before 11 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, the sheriff’s office said.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025 -
The eastbound side from the tunnel to Silverthorne also closed Friday morning but reopened shortly before 7:20 a.m. Both directions of U.S. 6 east of Silverthorne remained closed as of 8:25 a.m.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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PepsiCo lowered its full-year profit outlook, while Procter & Gamble cut its earnings forecast and warned that consumers should expect higher prices soon.—
Bernhard Warner,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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After fellow quarterback Cam Ward out of Miami was selected with the first overall pick on Thursday, experts assumed Sanders would follow soon after as the second quarterback taken.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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For their final act, FLO momentarily departed from Access All Areas — ultimately playing all sixteen tracks from the album’s standard edition — and performed a couple of hits from earlier in their catalog.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
23 Apr. 2025
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Then there was Ravi (Anirudh Pisharody), who momentarily ran out of oxygen until Bobby came up with a creative fix.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Overall, giving up equity is ultimately going to be more expensive for brands than debt due to the nature of how the capital waterfall flows.—
Dayton Miller,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The paperback edition of the resulting novel — which follows the opening night of The Manor, a bucolic but ultimately cursed luxury resort — hits bookstores on May 6.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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For large portion of this year, Pope Francis resided at Rome's Gemelli University Hospital due to a litany of health issues, including bilateral pneumonia, before eventually succumbing to a stroke and irreversible heart failure.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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In the Vice President’s telling, love emanates in concentric circles, beginning with those closest to us and eventually to the rest of the world.—
Randall Balmer,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Despite the positive financial and operational outcomes, SNAP’s stock price is presently declining following the earnings report.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Zoom in: At least 39 data centers are presently operating in the Denver metro area.—
Alayna Alvarez,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Twenty years in the making, the 2005 REAL ID Act is finally going into effect on May 7.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Panthers finally strike After getting several good looks early in the second period, Florida finally struck.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Imminently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imminently. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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