as in shortly
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imminently
Adverb
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The fast food giants also plans to drive traffic by bringing back its once-popular Snack Wrap, which started disappearing from stores in 2016, shortly before pandemic lockdowns began.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2025 -
The incident occurred shortly before the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted the deportation of Venezuelan men from Texas under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
Adverb
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Son Chris arrived soon after, and all the adults started searching the property — until Scott noticed some bones among the ashes at the burn pile.—
Susan Mallie,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2025
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But Arthur's lack of limbs hasn't slowed him down, and he was adopted soon after by his loving family.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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For their final act, FLO momentarily departed from Access All Areas — ultimately playing all sixteen tracks from the album’s standard edition — and performed a couple of hits from earlier in their catalog.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
23 Apr. 2025
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Then there was Ravi (Anirudh Pisharody), who momentarily ran out of oxygen until Bobby came up with a creative fix.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The decision was quickly reversed however, and ultimately fewer than 50 employees were dismissed, according to the agency.—
Jenna McLaughlin,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2025
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Then Griffin hit the putt of his life to ultimately proved the difference.—
Mark Weinstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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For large portion of this year, Pope Francis resided at Rome's Gemelli University Hospital due to a litany of health issues, including bilateral pneumonia, before eventually succumbing to a stroke and irreversible heart failure.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Despite local opposition, state lawmakers anticipate that CoreCivic will eventually succeed in reopening the detention center.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Despite the positive financial and operational outcomes, SNAP’s stock price is presently declining following the earnings report.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Zoom in: At least 39 data centers are presently operating in the Denver metro area.—
Alayna Alvarez,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Twenty years in the making, the 2005 REAL ID Act is finally going into effect on May 7.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Desperate Liberals finally managed to ditch Trudeau and replaced him with Carney.—
Stephen Maher,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Imminently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imminently. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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