as in soon
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Adverb
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Protests soon spread to cities including Sacramento, Oakland, San Jose and San Diego.—
Bethany Wales,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2025 -
Water depth - The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 June 2025
Adverb
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Six drones hit a residential area in the city shortly before dawn, injuring nine others, according to authorities.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 June 2025
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The overhead catenary power lines for all four tracks failed shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday night, a transit source told the Daily News, bringing service on Metro-North’s New Haven Line and Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor to a halt.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2025
Adverb
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The backward-looking mode involves starting with 2040 as the deadline for AGI and then working back from that achievement on a year-by-year basis to arrive at the year 2025 (matching AI presently).—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Hell’s Kitchen is presently still playing on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre. McDonald, currently leading the Broadway revival of Gypsy at the Majestic Theatre, has won six Tonys, two Grammys and an Emmy throughout her career.—
Ashley Iasimone,
Billboard,
1 June 2025
Adverb
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Grapevine shortstop Connor Ray prevented a run, fielding a ground ball and sending a strong throw to first to barely get the out and end the inning.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 June 2025
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For the second time in major league history and first in the AL, a cycle and a triple play took place in the same game.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
Adverb
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Over the next several minutes the child began to warm to the gray rodent and before long, the chinchilla was riding atop Ace’s cowboy hat.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
30 May 2025
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But before long, the concerns that industry thought were distant got closer.—
Matt von Hippel,
Quanta Magazine,
30 May 2025
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“Erelong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erelong. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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