as in eventually
at a later time
we'll get around to it sometime
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as in former
having been such at some previous time
a sometime athlete who's gotten awfully fat
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Recent Examples of sometime
Kyle Eustice, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2025
The pipeline could start delivering LNG to southern Alaska in 2028 or 2029, with exports to Asia beginning sometime in the early 2030s, Wright said.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 2 June 2025
Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
The movie concerns Madison’s title character, a strip-club dancer and sometime escort, who impulsively marries her client, the goofy dissolute son of a Russian oligarch.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024
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Adverb
The move forced Clipse to push back the album’s release date, which was originally supposed to be sometime in 2024.
—Kyle Eustice, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2025
The pipeline could start delivering LNG to southern Alaska in 2028 or 2029, with exports to Asia beginning sometime in the early 2030s, Wright said.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 2 June 2025
Adjective
They were taken away and brought back a week later with broken arms and legs, sometime heads.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
The movie concerns Madison’s title character, a strip-club dancer and sometime escort, who impulsively marries her client, the goofy dissolute son of a Russian oligarch.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sometime
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This would be the first step in creating what the city calls the University Innovation District, meant to eventually host 20,000 students, 6,000 faculty and staff and lots of housing, with room for science and tech companies and restaurants.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2025
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Legal questions over status to be tested anew But many in American Samoa eventually soured on the idea, fearing that extending birthright citizenship would jeopardize its customs — including the territory’s communal land laws.—
Mark Thiessen,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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The second of two debates includes Andrew Cuomo, the disgraced former governor and mayoral front-runner, who will appear side by side with Zohran Mamdani, the thirty-three-year-old democratic-socialist assemblyman who has solidified his hold on second place in the polls.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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James Young, 53, a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Los Angeles, faces up to 29 years in prison after prosecutors amended a criminal complaint to include several counts like assault with a firearm, assault with a deadly weapon and causing a hit-and-run accident.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
Adverb
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Some had been temporarily placed in orphanages by parents desperate to get them to safety, believing they might be reunited someday.—
Jim Axelrod
June 9,
CBS News,
9 June 2025
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Why this is important for your business: There is no question that AI chatbots can someday significantly increase productivity.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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International students make up about 27% of the student body at the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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Former New College student Katie Helms, 47, got emotional when remembering her old mentor.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Trending Stories Along with her performance, Gaga was able to finally share some new details about her cameo role in Season Two of Wednesday.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2025
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But, despite the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the rights enshrined in the Constitution, this country didn’t come close to being fully free and democratic until the 1960s, when Black people finally gained the right to vote throughout the land.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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One fearless couple puts it to the test By Anonymous Read On Now Trending Sounds Fishy Skin’s latest savior?—
Emily Retter,
Air Mail,
12 June 2025
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Kurosawa will attend the New York premiere of his latest thriller Cloud as well as a screening of Serpent’s Path, his 2024 French-language remake of his own 1998 V-Cinema title.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2025
Adverb
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Water depth - The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 June 2025
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Protests soon spread to cities including Sacramento, Oakland, San Jose and San Diego.—
Bethany Wales,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2025
Adjective
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Even without his erstwhile power-pitching ability, Kimbrel hopes to compensate with experience.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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As the group’s drummer and erstwhile bassist when Rastegar was unavailable, Wood came into permanent possession of the second chair.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
23 May 2025
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