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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Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
But the prosecution argued that sometime after 1 a.m., Tarr tried to enter through the back door of Smith's house.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
Becket Adams, National Review, 21 July 2024
Creator-writer-director Sam Levinson cast her as teenage drug addict and sometime narrator Rue Bennett, who’s in love with a trans girl named Jules (Hunter Schafer).
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
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The Education Department had anticipated implementing that aspect of the program sometime in 2025.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
But the prosecution argued that sometime after 1 a.m., Tarr tried to enter through the back door of Smith's house.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
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The national-security analyst’s wife and sometime co-author is charged with being a South Korean agent.
—Becket Adams, National Review, 21 July 2024
Creator-writer-director Sam Levinson cast her as teenage drug addict and sometime narrator Rue Bennett, who’s in love with a trans girl named Jules (Hunter Schafer).
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
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While noting that many Arizona cities have drastically reduced their per capita water demand, Goddard argued that cities will eventually need to find water-sharing arrangements with farms so that cities can pay farmers to use their water in dry times.Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Paxton was eventually acquitted of the impeachment charges in a trial in the Texas Senate in September.Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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So has there been any smack talk between Jackson and his former teammates this week?Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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In today’s opinions newsletter: Who might run the federal government, a cushy bonus for a former University of Arizona president and the moral implications of mass deportation.Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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In the following years, Nelson helped dig through Prince’s famous vault to discover and preserve the trove of archival material the musician had stashed away but hoped would someday be released.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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New developments in generative AI have sparked existential dread in many film professionals, who fear that their jobs could someday be rendered obsolete.Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
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The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, the prospect of citizenships and alliances—and perhaps conquests or crusades—structured around the opinions, beliefs, and subjective identities of ordinary people in times of peace would require a new (or very old) conception of empire.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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That opportunity finally came in Minnesota, when Alexander-Walker sprung onto the scene in the form of an elite perimeter defender during the 2023 postseason after Jaden McDaniels went down with a broken hand.Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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Staff Pick: Menu prices are finally leveling off Multiple restaurant surveys said so, and this week, the consumer-price index confirmed it: Dining out is getting cheaper.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Lakers’ already depleted frontcourt took another hit with their latest injury.Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
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Adjustment Brushes One of Adobe's latest brushes is the Adjustment brush.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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Lina Khan will soon be gone as chair of the Federal Trade Commission, and M&A dealmakers are salivating.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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Wyler’s squint of discomfort with Penn’s manipulations soon softens into a look of impressed awe, her eyes no longer judgmental but adoring.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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While Belichick, 72, and Hudson, 24, began dating after his relationship with Holliday ended, their romance made headlines during The Roast of Tom Brady on Netflix in May, when the former Patriots quarterback poked fun at his erstwhile coach.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Carlson’s guest that night was Megyn Kelly, one of his erstwhile Fox News colleagues.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Sometime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sometime. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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