sooner rather than later
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Comparative only In the fairly near future; fairly soon.
- I believe that therapists need to be proactive rather than laissez faire in addressing problems— if not immediately, then sooner rather than later.1994, Harold S. Bernard, K. Roy MacKenzie, Basics of Group Psychotherapy, page 156:
- Their present policy of sterilizing monetary inflows is creating imbalances which suggests, sooner rather than later, they're going to have to, for stability purposes, move their currency.2006, B. Brown, What Drives Global Capital Flows?, page 174:
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- The response rate is probably higher when treatment is applied sooner rather than later after diagnosis and to children with VSAA rather than AA.2017, Robert Wynn, Rukhmi Bhat, Paul Monagle, Pediatric Hematology: A Practical Guide, page 66:
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