as in shortly
at or within a short time
the painters ought to be done before long
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Recent Examples of before long
If a zero-day virus or data-stealing Trojan gets past your defenses, an antivirus update will typically remove it before long.
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PCMAG, 9 Feb. 2025
The two exchanged heated words, and before long, a shove escalated their tension, forcing the referee to step in and separate them.
—Russ Weakland, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
But Kirwan didn’t speak and, before long, the group broke up.
—Colm Tóibín, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
Womack says before long investigators would learn just how far Ackerman had gone that night to find Haynie and McClendon.
—Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
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PCMAG, 9 Feb. 2025
The two exchanged heated words, and before long, a shove escalated their tension, forcing the referee to step in and separate them.
—Russ Weakland, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
But Kirwan didn’t speak and, before long, the group broke up.
—Colm Tóibín, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
Womack says before long investigators would learn just how far Ackerman had gone that night to find Haynie and McClendon.
—Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for before long
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“Before long.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/before%20long. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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