sooner rather than later
idiom
: without too much delay : soon
We need to fix this problem sooner rather than later.
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Cleveland Browns insider Mary Kay Cabot recently said that Sanders could get his chance to start for the Browns sooner rather than later.
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Anne Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
And despite some waving the red flag of a white-collar jobs armageddon, others contend that the shift will be just like any other technological change in the past—and something to embrace sooner rather than later.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
If this is an indication of Wemby’s long-term development path, then Harper becomes a part of that calculus, sooner rather than later.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
There were limits to the study, but the researchers argued that elevated blood pressure in youth is an early red flag that should be addressed sooner rather than later to ensure that there is a later.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
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Anne Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
And despite some waving the red flag of a white-collar jobs armageddon, others contend that the shift will be just like any other technological change in the past—and something to embrace sooner rather than later.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
If this is an indication of Wemby’s long-term development path, then Harper becomes a part of that calculus, sooner rather than later.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
There were limits to the study, but the researchers argued that elevated blood pressure in youth is an early red flag that should be addressed sooner rather than later to ensure that there is a later.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
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