sooner or later

adverb

: at some uncertain future time : sometime

Examples of sooner or later in a Sentence

sooner or later, the police are going to track down the burglar
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Get ready for the next emergency Living in Southern California means another wildfire is coming sooner or later. Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025 And then, sooner or later, things start clicking, and this happens, and that happens, and then things kind of work out. Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2025 He’s been so snake-bitten by injury, and mostly pretty fluky ones, that he’s got to catch a break sooner or later, right? Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 Jan. 2025 Vinicius Jr and Bellingham are already looking back to their usual selves, and Mbappe, the club are confident, will sooner or later be ruthless again in front of goal. Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sooner or later 

Word History

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sooner or later was in 1577

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Cite this Entry

“Sooner or later.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sooner%20or%20later. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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