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sooner

[soo-ner] / ˈsu nər /






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Months ahead of the offering, bankers reached out to major index providers to discuss how SpaceX might join key indexes sooner than usual.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Earlier this year, Honeywell said it planned to spin off its aerospace unit sooner than previously expected after Chief Executive Vimal Kapur said there was considerable progress on its portfolio optimization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“But it’s a complicated set of tradeoffs and this gives us the option to go public sooner if that ends up being best.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

"The sooner the decision is made, the less time we will waste moving on to the next phase," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

But no sooner had they opened the door than they lowered their hands and covered their noses.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega




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