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
New technologies emerge, replace conventional approaches and, sooner or later, are replaced themselves and made obsolete.
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Tamsin Gable, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Automakers will have to pass on the costs of the tariffs to customers sooner or later, Tynan said.
—Bill Koenig, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Yet sooner or later, both of these men scaled down and explored their own personal history to follow-up their moments of career glory.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
But the talent remains for both of these guys - players with this sort of ability piece it together sooner or later most of the time.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Tamsin Gable, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Automakers will have to pass on the costs of the tariffs to customers sooner or later, Tynan said.
—Bill Koenig, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Yet sooner or later, both of these men scaled down and explored their own personal history to follow-up their moments of career glory.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
But the talent remains for both of these guys - players with this sort of ability piece it together sooner or later most of the time.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sooner or later
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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
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The output from there will someday feed the Texas plant, which is in development in Seadrift, Texas, on 149 acres adjacent to a 4,700-acre chemical plant operated for more than 60 years by Union Carbide and Dow Chemical.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The president dished on whether Kai would be able to beat him on the course someday.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Travis Sanheim, meanwhile, was never the same after the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament, at one point going 15 straight games without a point, and finally ending a 40-game goal drought on March 22.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Florida finally got its second two-star Michelin restaurant.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Sooner or later.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sooner%20or%20later. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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