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She'll soon be here./She'll be here soon.

The sooner we leave, the sooner we'll get there.

how soon How soon (= when) can we sign the contract?

the sooner the better "When would you like to meet?" "The sooner the better."

I couldn't get out of that place soon enough.

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(Definition of soon from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of soon

soon

One knows very soon and very well that it must end, and how.

At a political level, authoritarian planned economies that don't consider the randomness inherent in evolutionary processes are doomed, sooner or later, to failure.

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Chiefs were soon even unable to maintain local agricultural rituals.

Methodologies can be refined as soon as a change occurs in the market or in the organization of the company.

Activation of microglia places a load on the anabolic and catabolic machinery of the cells causing activated microglia to die sooner than non-activated cells.

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The efforts were soon abandoned for a watered-down version of no beef-eating and less drinking.

When one sees the great and glorious fields of ice and snow one soon forgets the discomfort one have to put up with.

The nature of their commitment changed as soon as they entered the war and several times thereafter, depending on their success.

In practice, the ' sons of the customs ' would just as soon accept a personal offering (dash) in the coin of the realm.

Within two hours of confinement the first animal succumbed and others soon followed.

Both large scale laser facilities designed to achieve ignition soon after 2010 are nearing completion.

We will have more information on these discs soon.

Once you are in the air and not sooner, spin back to the front.

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Irreconcilable differences between opposing factions soon emerged, sometimes producing a complete breakdown of co-operation.

Besides, we never listen to them ... we switch off as soon as they start.

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