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
Even without the asteroid impact, the dinosaurs would have died out, sooner or later, because that’s what living things do, Gee notes.
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Obtuse comments aside, the painfully predictable Owen-finds-another-woman side plot is bound to hurt Teddy sooner or later.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Perhaps once anyone dies, sooner or later, does anything matter?
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
The availability of spring rains will also factor into whether irrigation is needed sooner or later.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Mar. 2025
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Obtuse comments aside, the painfully predictable Owen-finds-another-woman side plot is bound to hurt Teddy sooner or later.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Perhaps once anyone dies, sooner or later, does anything matter?
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
The availability of spring rains will also factor into whether irrigation is needed sooner or later.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sooner or later
Adverb
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Those accomplishments caught a Sacramento State coach’s attention and he was eventually offered a scholarship and financial aid to attend and train at the university.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Mar. 2025
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Foreman would continue his career, eventually facing off against Frazier again in June 1976.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Another goal and dream of mine is to someday do a world tour that will be even bigger than my upcoming Hibana tour.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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Some of the soccer-group members were fathers, or aspired to be someday.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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By early December, Liverpool had finally made Salah an offer.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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And finally, tweet of the week comes from Tom Dutton.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
11 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 18 Apr. 2025.
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