erelong

Definition of erelongnext
archaic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for erelong
Adverb
  • Warmer weather will return to New York City and the surrounding area soon.
    Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • See our meteor shower calendar There are a number of significant meteor shower events that are expected to peak soon, offering great opportunities to see more meteors (shooting stars).
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Writer Hugo Vickers writes in the upcoming biography Queen Elizabeth II that Philip underwent heart surgery on March 1, 2021, shortly before his death and almost did not make it.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • That’s how, last night, the best golfer most of us have ever seen slinked out of a Florida jail shortly before midnight and headed off into an uncertain future.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Your 6th House of Health tightens under pressure as the unconscious Moon squares aggressive Mars, presently in your 3rd House of Dialogue, so timing and tone carry extra weight.
    Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Clement rejected that assertion by Jackson, saying that regardless of how the justices rule in this case, Congress can always pass a new law reversing the finding because the Supreme Court is presently just interpreting whether existing law preempts state late mail ballot laws.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • The property was first transferred to the state of Florida, and then to the organization.
    James Powel, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • That person is a FIDUCIARY — willing to put that word in writing, and promising always to put your needs first.
    Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • But before long, the conversation moved in a different direction as Kent nodded to conspiracy theories that pro-Israel forces were behind the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • But before long, the disparate group becomes like a family.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • If something goes wrong when the crew is in space, the suits may give the astronauts the option to either take an early abort and come home prematurely, or attempt to continue around the moon, Koch noted.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Visual observations have also shown that the coated perlite did not leach out prematurely.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Erelong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erelong. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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