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 with Who principals Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey at 79 and 81 respectively, nature will catch up sooner or later.
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 May 2025
Emitting carbon is like using a credit card—the bill must be paid sooner or later.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
The question now is whether that test will come sooner or later.
—Gary B. Graves, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2025
In this case, there is no doubt that the United States will sooner or later rediscover the importance of containing rather than indulging the disruptive ambitions of Putin’s Russia.
—Eric Green, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 May 2025
Emitting carbon is like using a credit card—the bill must be paid sooner or later.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
The question now is whether that test will come sooner or later.
—Gary B. Graves, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2025
In this case, there is no doubt that the United States will sooner or later rediscover the importance of containing rather than indulging the disruptive ambitions of Putin’s Russia.
—Eric Green, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sooner or later
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sooner or later
Adverb
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Legal questions over status to be tested anew But many in American Samoa eventually soured on the idea, fearing that extending birthright citizenship would jeopardize its customs — including the territory’s communal land laws.—
Mark Thiessen,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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Their only awareness of the incident came through people knocking on their door asking for interviews and eventually the FBI sharing what had happened.—
Alexandra Koch , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2025
Adverb
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Some had been temporarily placed in orphanages by parents desperate to get them to safety, believing they might be reunited someday.—
Jim Axelrod
June 9,
CBS News,
9 June 2025
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Why this is important for your business: There is no question that AI chatbots can someday significantly increase productivity.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
Adverb
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The musician starts by knocking out Mr. Player, Mr. Dancer, Mr. Traitor, Mr. Racer, Mr. Dealer, and finally MrBeast.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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As many people who know Devers could have told the Red Sox, kicking this baby bird out of the nest wouldn’t lead to him finally taking flight.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
16 June 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 Jun. 2025.
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