1
as in shortly
at or within a short time
we'll be done soon
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2
as in rather
by choice or preference
I'd sooner have a cavity filled than suffer through that opera again
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3
as in quickly
with great speed
as soon as possible
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Recent Examples of soon
In the Oklahoma City area, places like OKANA Resort and Indoor Waterpark will soon open their outdoor beach and lagoon, and Frontier City and Hurricane Harbor will open for the 2026 season.
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Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 21 Feb. 2026
Additional details were not immediately forthcoming on how soon the 15% tariff would go into effect.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
Other hotels soon followed suit.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
But they'll probably be removed soon.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2026
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Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 21 Feb. 2026
Additional details were not immediately forthcoming on how soon the 15% tariff would go into effect.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
Other hotels soon followed suit.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
But they'll probably be removed soon.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for soon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soon
Adverb
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But shortly before the World Championships that year, Kayne was diagnosed with a stress fracture in her right knee, and the team was forced to pull out of Worlds.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
16 Feb. 2026
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An oblique injury shortly before spring training last year, followed by a reaggravation, ultimately limited Assad to just eight big-league appearances (seven starts).—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The pace isn’t slow but, rather, timeless; Depardon builds it with long takes that are emptied of what the captive thinks of as her life but full of an alternative time scale, a meta-experience of its own.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
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During her lifetime, Gwen John’s achievements were rather overshadowed by those of her younger brother Augustus, said Jonathan Jones in The Guardian.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
19 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The hotel’s outdoor lawn and event space has quickly become a hot wedding venue—nearly every weekend in the summer and fall was booked up.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
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Strain is experimenting with a different 3D printer material that biodegrades quickly without needing to be planted.—
TRAVIS LOLLER,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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If the roadside is your only option, pull off as far as possible, preferably past the end of a guard rail, and wait until the storm passes.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Seek shelter promptly in a safe location, preferably indoors.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Hot pot is the ancient cookery method of rapidly poaching bite-sized morsels of fresh vegetables, meats, seafood, and tofu in a communal tableside broth.—
Natasha Pickowicz,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2026
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Friday morning to hold an anti-ICE protest, joining a rapidly growing list of high schools in DFW to protest ICE activity in the area.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Torres Maldonado then willingly exited the car and was arrested.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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Other clergy have willingly faced arrest for their advocacy on behalf of immigrants, seeing it as a moral calling.—
Laura E. Alexander,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Upon his arrival, Thaksin was sentenced to eight years in prison on earlier corruption convictions, a term swiftly reduced to one year following a royal pardon.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Dreams swiftly turn to survival strategies in Anthony Chen‘s gentle, perceptive domestic saga, and love isn’t always enough to live on.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The Antarctic Ocean is heavily layered, or stratified, to a depth of around 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) because of conflicting properties including colder, denser water from below not readily mixing with fresh water running off melting ice from above.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Devine complied, readily snapping her fingers and strutting her stuff.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Soon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soon. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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