sooner or later
adverbDefinition of sooner or later
: at some uncertain future time : sometime
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Synonyms for sooner or later
Synonyms
eventually, finally, someday, sometime, ultimately, yet
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Examples of sooner or later in a Sentence
sooner or later, the police are going to track down the burglar
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This drag sooner or later causes objects to slow down, fall into a lower and lower orbit, and eventually hit the atmosphere and (usually) burn up. — Wired, "xkcd's Randall Munroe on How to Mail a Package (From Space)," 2 Sep. 2019 The Air Force believes that, sooner or later, the aerial battlefield will become too dangerous for aircraft like the A-10 and a stealthier, faster jet is the way of the future. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The A-10 Warthog Lives To Fly Again," 22 Aug. 2019 One prediction even suggested that sooner or later, most airlines will operate like Spirit, charging a fee for every single thing added to the basic fare. — Pat Lenhoff, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Misplaced baggage just one of the (worthwhile) hassles of summer vacations," 2 July 2019 Some sets of numbers almost invariably result in unicolorization of the group sooner or later, while others never do. — Quanta Magazine, "Solution: ‘Why Are There Two Sexes?’," 28 July 2017 Your big break may come by just maintaining your own consistent excellence and knowing that sooner or later a competitor will be overconfident or make a critical error. — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, "Horoscope for July 6, 2019: Happy birthday Eva Green; Virgo, focus on home improvement," 6 July 2019 Russia rejected both of these, but U.S. policymakers proceeded with these policies anyway on the assumption that sooner or later Russia would recognize what was good for it. — Eugene Rumer, Time, "How to Reset U.S.-Russian Relations Today," 20 June 2019 Scientists used it to make a vast range of discoveries about the history of life, such as why some people are prone to genetic disorders like sickle-cell anemia and why pesticides sooner or later fail to keep farm pests in check. — Quanta Magazine, "Scientists Seek to Update Evolution," 22 Nov. 2016 Bond yields were bound to rise sooner or later, and better to do it against the backdrop of the strongest economy since 2004, and maybe since the late 1990s. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "The Bond Market’s Signal," 4 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sooner or later.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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