by then
Example Sentences
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"There won't be another one until 2090 and I'll probably be dead by then," she joked.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Middle-aged, overweight and poor of sight, Grossman, by then a published novelist, was rejected for combat duty and assigned as a reporter to the army’s daily newspaper, the Red Star.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
In a follow-up filing, the complainant cited FLAG’s timeline: a drawing originally set to run from January 2022 through December 2024 that had, by then, been pushed to run from December 2023 through January 2025.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
The goal is to build up the right level of confidence by 2030 to enable the launch of a program, which ideally means having flown by then.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Near dawn she finally dozed off, but by then it was time to get up and get to work.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
