as in shortly
at or within a short time
the painters ought to be done before long
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He’s set to become a billionaire before long, no matter who wins the presidential election.
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Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Kimmy towels off, changes into shorts and a long-sleeve shirt, and before long is bounding into the thickets on the south side of the lake, following an overgrown trail.
—Kate Siber, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2024
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
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Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Kimmy towels off, changes into shorts and a long-sleeve shirt, and before long is bounding into the thickets on the south side of the lake, following an overgrown trail.
—Kate Siber, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2024
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
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