as in eventually
at a later time
we'll get around to it sometime
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as in former
having been such at some previous time
a sometime athlete who's gotten awfully fat
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Recent Examples of sometime
Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
The series is expected to premiere sometime in spring 2026 and will air on Sundays in the 8-9 p.m. time slot.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 May 2025
Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
The movie concerns Madison’s title character, a strip-club dancer and sometime escort, who impulsively marries her client, the goofy dissolute son of a Russian oligarch.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024
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Adverb
If Clown in a Cornfield follows that same pattern, then viewers can expect the film to debut on Shudder sometime around Friday, Aug. 8.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
The series is expected to premiere sometime in spring 2026 and will air on Sundays in the 8-9 p.m. time slot.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 May 2025
Adjective
They were taken away and brought back a week later with broken arms and legs, sometime heads.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
The movie concerns Madison’s title character, a strip-club dancer and sometime escort, who impulsively marries her client, the goofy dissolute son of a Russian oligarch.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sometime
Adverb
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These incidents eventually forced each of them to resign from working at his Los Angeles-area home, according to the lawsuit.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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The movie was met with stone silence for most of the running time, eventually turning to derisive laughter.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Douglas Brick, a former student at the University of Utah, disappeared on Oct. 12, 1973, according to information from police and the school in Salt Lake City.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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During the pandemic and amid deep federal cuts to film funding under former president Jair Bolsonaro, Spcine became a pillar of industry resilience—and a powerful symbol of Brazil’s commitment to cultural diversity.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
15 May 2025
Adverb
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Banchero is already an all-star who will be an NBA MVP someday.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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This is a vital step not just for those currently facing a terminal diagnosis, but for the many Californians who aren’t sick now but may be someday.—
Christie Golemb,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Applicants must be 6 years or older as of the beginning of Oct. 4 to participate.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 May 2025
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Of course, the new standard will be backward-compatible with Wi-Fi 6 devices, as well as older Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) and Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) ones.—
Iyaz Akhtar,
PC Magazine,
13 May 2025
Adverb
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The Razorbacks finally pushed home a run after putting the leadoff man aboard in each inning.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
12 May 2025
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After a cold open that introduced the concept of spores—particles expelled into the air by infected in the last stage of their life cycle that can transfer to anyone who breathes them in—the closing minutes saw Ellie finally hunt down a member of Abby's entourage, Nora (Tati Gabrielle).—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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But beggars can’t be choosers, so Vargas-Keller will be something to watch in round two of the City Series in late July at Sox Park.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 May 2025
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Elissa was scheduled for more imaging tests in late August to see whether the tumors responded to the new therapy.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
Adverb
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Kendall Myles, 20, was apprehended after a brief foot chase through the French Quarter soon after the escape.—
Stepheny Price , Nate Foy,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2025
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Worked by enslaved captives transported from Africa, Madagascar and South Asia, dense forests soon became thriving coffee and sugar plantations.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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So when Trump flatly, wrongly contradicts this undeniable reality, why are his erstwhile fact-checkers so uncharacteristically mum?—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2025
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But in aggregate, the changes feel almost safe for streaming’s erstwhile great disruptor.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
7 May 2025
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“Sometime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sometime. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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