SOMEDAY Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

someday

adverb

ˈsəm-ˌdā

Definition of someday

as in eventually

at a later time the dream that we'll get to the other planets someday

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Recent Examples of someday Now, though, researchers have strung 15 cheap TV boxes together to run an artificial intelligence model, raising the possibility that the computers inside these everyday gadgets could someday help spread autonomous, AI-powered malware. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026 Last week, Google’s Project Suncatcher launched a refrigerator-sized satellite carrying four AI chips into orbit on a SpaceX rocket, in an early test of whether the technology behind today’s power-hungry data centers could someday operate in space. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 Historians might someday conclude that an example of this began in 2026, when a French presidential candidate made a hitherto fringe idea central to his campaign. — George F. Will, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 Maybe his conning can be curtailed someday, but the thought there’d ever be enough distracting chaos for a similarly lengthy follow-up is almost too much to bear. — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for someday

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But this wasn’t too surprising considering most major productions require story build up, character development, and before we’re eventually locked in.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
The district said a second bus eventually came to pick up the students and continue the route.

— Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of eventually

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The first half of the park is expected to open to the public sometime next year.

— Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
As for Wednesday, filming on season three recently wrapped and there’s not a release date yet announced, but expect the show sometime mid- to late 2027.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of sometime

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Rose soon shed their Americana trappings, publicly embraced their queerness, and revamped their musical identity.

— Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
Voters in six states will soon decide whether to impose or expand voter identification requirements, including rules requiring mail voters to provide part of a driver’s license or Social Security number.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 25 Oct. 2026

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