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adjective

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Recent Examples of sometime
Adverb
McFall does not yet have a mission assignment or timeline for when a potential launch might take place, but hopes to make it on the manifest before the ISS is decommissioned sometime after 2030. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025 According to the complaint, the Grizzlies player’s home was burglarized sometime after 4 p.m. on Dec. 19, 2024. Ryan Morik, Fox News, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
Image Rubin, 41, is a former advertising executive, a sometime magician and a full-time evangelist for delight and awe. David Segal, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 Her grandfather Gordon Getty, the philanthropist and sometime classical composer, was once the richest man in America. Joseph Bullmore, airmail.news, 24 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sometime
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sometime
Adverb
  • The Blues did eventually miss the playoffs by one point, and Stastny could’ve made the difference, but the circumstances are not completely alike.
    Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The coach was friends with his father, Kelvin, who eventually joined the UCF coaching staff.
    Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Tracy Morgan will star as a disgraced former football player on a mission to rehabilitate his image in a new NBC comedy pilot.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Legislators and local officials could change some of this and let the stricken communities try to recapture their former character.
    Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • That’s a small silver lining for anyone hoping that gun manufacturers may someday face legal consequences for the harms caused by their products.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Related Articles As warming climate hammers coffee crops, this rare bean may someday be your brew Three wet winters in a row for the first time in 25 years?
    Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • At just 10 years old, Romeo made his modeling debut in a 2013 Burberry Kids campaign, which also featured Cara Delevingne, after he was named the face of the brand’s children’s line.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Those under 51 inches must have someone 14 years old or older accompanying them.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Regardless, Skype and Teams users will be able to chat with or call one another cross-platform until Skype is finally deprecated.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Crazy Rich Asians will finally return, though not as originally expected.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In late February, the FDA delisted semaglutide, sold under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy.
    Cathy Cassata, Health, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The card charges no annual fees, transaction fees (even for foreign transactions), or late fees.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Deputies arrived at the temple around 9:13 a.m. and soon notified Chino Hills Code Enforcement, whose officers are tasked with maintaining the appearance and safety of property in the city.
    Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The question, which figures to be answered very soon: What happens at quarterback?
    Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Trump was tightening the screws after his explosive Oval Office meeting Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the U.S. leader tries to pressure the erstwhile American ally to embrace peace talks with its invader.
    Zeke Miller, Twin Cities, 4 Mar. 2025
  • There is also Mona’s erstwhile friend Vanessa, once Milton’s latest young discovery, who fell fervidly in love with him, not realizing the danger to her nascent acting career if their affair should end.
    Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025

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“Sometime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sometime. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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