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the painters ought to be done before long
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Lane was too extraordinary a surgeon to be shrugged off as a crank, but before long reports of worryingly high mortality rates began to circulate and several damning exposés appeared in prominent medical journals.
—Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Metro Detroit will warm back up before long, returning to highs in the 70s Thursday, per the NWS.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2024
The two became roommates and, before long, a couple.
—Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024
Von Spakovsky said the Supreme Court could, before long, be presented with an opportunity to rein in special counsel appointments.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1585, in the meaning defined above
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“Before long.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/before%20long. Accessed 6 Nov. 2024.
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before long
adverb
: in the near future : soon
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