as in eventually
at a later time
we'll get around to it sometime
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as in former
having been such at some previous time
a sometime athlete who's gotten awfully fat
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
Democrats have watched their Miami-Dade numbers shrink for years and now are on track to lose the No. 1 slot to the GOP sometime later this year.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
This is by design; his sometime advisor Steve Bannon advocated flooding the zone with, well, excrement, so that media couldn’t keep up.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Orders are already being taken for the sleek sedan with a launch expected to take place sometime next year.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
Democrats have watched their Miami-Dade numbers shrink for years and now are on track to lose the No. 1 slot to the GOP sometime later this year.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Page Six reported that Affleck and Kick Kennedy, a socialite and sometime actor, were seen hanging out and getting cozy at the Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
This is by design; his sometime advisor Steve Bannon advocated flooding the zone with, well, excrement, so that media couldn’t keep up.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Jude Law reacts to big Star Wars: Skeleton Crew character reveal Of course, Wim and company would eventually save the day.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Their style is to inflict death by a thousand passes, defending through retaining possession, moving the ball to move their opponents until, eventually, a gap opens.Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Progress during the Trump administration halted after then-FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb stepped down from the agency, according to a former top-ranking official.Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
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However, Joann has not had a permanent chief executive since May last year after the retirement of former President and CEO Wade Miquelon.Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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And the latest mission of the nearly 400-foot-tall (121-meter) vehicle is designed to push the envelope even further in a quest to return astronauts to the moon and someday fulfill CEO Elon Musk’s dream of sending the first humans to Mars.Jackie Wattles, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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In fact, the California counties most deeply affected according to the Senate dataset were in northern and inland parts of the state — suggesting the fate that has befallen Southern California could someday be replicated elsewhere in the state.Rob Wile, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
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At twenty years old, Gauff is already a Grand Slam champion, and one of the richest and most famous female athletes in the United States.Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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Listeriosis is considered a serious condition and can be dangerous or life-threatening, especially to newborns, those aged 65 or older, those who are pregnant, and those with weak immune systems, according to the and pregnant people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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After 19 consecutive victories to start the high school basketball season, Mira Costa finally faced a team that proved to be better.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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Front-line and now finally chic-to-be-geek, developers are always in the spotlight (for good and bad reasons) and generally regarded to be the stars of the technology world in the neo-cloud era of AI where the promise of quantum hangs close to come.Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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He was voted in amid a wave of popularity for his ruling Liberal Party in late 2015 – very much viewed as a fresh face for the future and beating incumbent Stephen Harper – but has faced multiple challenges during a near decade-long tenure.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
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But Alexander-Arnold is too late with his press, and midfielder Gravenberch gets dragged out of the centre, opening up a forward passing lane.Michael Cox, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Hobson parlayed his early success into rapid growth, with his budget soon ballooning to a quarter of a million dollars a month.Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
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Combs, Carter and an unnamed female celebrity allegedly entered the room soon after, according to her complaint.Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
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But as the decades passed and shinier properties in even taller towers mushroomed around the city, the Dusit Thani lost its erstwhile luster and eventually morphed into a dependable — but dated — choice for (mostly) business travelers passing through town.Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2025
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And while Vice President-elect J.D. Vance is in many respects a movement conservative himself, the populist Ohioan has worked with progressive Democrats on bipartisan legislation in the Senate, in contrast with former Vice President Mike Pence, Trump’s erstwhile sidekick from four years ago.W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Sometime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sometime. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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