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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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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
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First Known Use
1577, in the meaning defined above
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“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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