pretty soon

Example Sentences

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“I’m concerned that a lot of call-center workers will not have jobs pretty soon, me included,” said Vonda Wilkins, a Phoenix-based customer-service representative.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

"It's long past the time now from when they should have been opened and we need see that pretty soon," she said.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

But pretty soon, traders could have the opportunity to trade computing just like they trade oil — via a standardized futures contract.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

But then, he predicted that industries would start using uranium and radium, and pretty soon we’d have … radioactive smog.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

She didn’t stop, and pretty soon she’d forced me to the far end of the strip until I literally fell backward to the floor.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad