sooner or later

adverb

Synonyms of sooner or laternext
: 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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The presumption, then, was that FIFA would indeed attempt to offload every single one sooner or later. Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026 But this ambitious vision, which many in the sector think will become reality sooner or later, worries atmospheric researchers. Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 May 2026 That is a problem for Moscow and its President Vladimir Putin, who has always insisted that Russia’s victory in the war is inevitable because Russian troops keep seizing more of Ukraine’s territory and, sooner or later, will take over the whole of its eastern Donbas region. Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 14 May 2026 By not doing so, sooner or later, someone is going to get seriously hurt. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026 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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“Sooner or later.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sooner%20or%20later. Accessed 26 May. 2026.

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