sooner or later

Idioms  

1. Eventually, at some unspecified future time, as in Sooner or later we'll have to answer that letter, or It's bound to stop raining sooner or later. This term, which generally implies that some future event is certain to happen, was first recorded in 1577.

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sooner or later

When the dust settles, sooner or later, this should be bullish for bonds.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

"Importantly, those biomarkers do not necessarily cause an outcome; when we find a biomarker associated with sooner or later mortality, we don't know that it's causing it," Creevy said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

As the years went by, it became more or less evident that sooner or later I would be asked to do this job.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Lacy expects new music from the full band sooner or later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

If I settle down on a stump somewhere at the edge of the village square, they’ll forget about me sooner or later, I’ve found.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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