as in eventually
at a later time
sooner or later, the police are going to track down the burglar
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Recent Examples of sooner or later
Firms that fail at this relentless obligation go out of business sooner or later, freeing up resources that can be used more productively.
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Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
But fast growth doesn’t last forever, and sooner or later, those cracks get bigger.
—Hope Horner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Some earlier experiments hinted at temporary slowdowns in heating, but sooner or later the atoms always absorbed energy and lost their coherence.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2025
But sooner or later the fundamentals will take charge, and then, watch out for flying glass.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
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Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
But fast growth doesn’t last forever, and sooner or later, those cracks get bigger.
—Hope Horner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Some earlier experiments hinted at temporary slowdowns in heating, but sooner or later the atoms always absorbed energy and lost their coherence.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2025
But sooner or later the fundamentals will take charge, and then, watch out for flying glass.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sooner or later
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sooner or later
Adverb
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Game 3’s mid-afternoon start time suited TV but made things even more difficult for hitters as shadows passed in front of the plate, eventually to the outfield.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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The devil could be in the details of whatever final plan is eventually put to socios to vote on.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But since that long-ago lunchtime chat, Johnson says, advances in cell biology and in computer science have fundamentally shifted the prospects of someday having a virtual cell.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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The writer dreamed of someday being remembered kindly—hopefully by Americans.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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His seventh-inning shot settled in the left-center bleachers and crushed the Brewers, who had finally chased him from the mound by getting two runners on in the top of the inning, only to go scoreless anyway when reliever Alex Vesia escaped the jam.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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For instance, when Linda finally caves to her daughter’s incessant requests — demands — for a hamster, things go catastrophically wrong.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Sooner or later.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sooner%20or%20later. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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