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
But fast growth doesn’t last forever, and sooner or later, those cracks get bigger.
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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
But one of us, sooner or later, will have to drown.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
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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
But one of us, sooner or later, will have to drown.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sooner or later
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So much so, eventually Hamblin ended up choosing the second and third pours of whiskey for us, instead of Gandano.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Goodell noted the rapid growth in flag-football participation at youth and collegiate levels, underscoring efforts to create a structured pipeline starting from youth leagues through high school and college, eventually reaching professional play.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are infertile or gay couples have babies with their own genes but would also raise difficult ethical, social and legal issues.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
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Does Gordon have the talent to become a lead back someday?—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Introduction Forty eight years after they were defeated in the first final over the water in Montevideo, Argentina finally won the World Cup, on home soil in Buenos Aires.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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By 2009, Ina Garten's Engagement Roast Chicken entered the chat, and rumor has it that a similar dish may have inspired Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to finally shift from partners to fiancés.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 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 5 Oct. 2025.
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