Examples of latecomer in a Sentence
Latecomers had to park their cars far from the stadium.
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Early-day employees care more about the business than latecomers
In Bouaziz’s eyes, the company’s meteoric success is down to keeping the same team from its early days.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 23 June 2024
For latecomers to modernity, progress of any kind, whether for landless Dalits or gated communitarians in Bangalore, is invariably accompanied by great losses and, as India’s faltering economy shows, is far from being continuous or irreversible.
—Pankaj Mishra, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
Now, latecomers who buy tickets on StubHub will pay nearly five times more for the same vantage point.
—Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
Jesse is a relative latecomer and is a lot like his father, though more confident in asserting his rights in a time and place where White people are quick to commit atrocities in response to any suggestion of equality.
—Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 23 June 2024
For latecomers to modernity, progress of any kind, whether for landless Dalits or gated communitarians in Bangalore, is invariably accompanied by great losses and, as India’s faltering economy shows, is far from being continuous or irreversible.
—Pankaj Mishra, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
Now, latecomers who buy tickets on StubHub will pay nearly five times more for the same vantage point.
—Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
Jesse is a relative latecomer and is a lot like his father, though more confident in asserting his rights in a time and place where White people are quick to commit atrocities in response to any suggestion of equality.
—Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
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“Latecomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latecomer. Accessed 1 Jul. 2024.
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latecomer
noun
late·com·er
ˈlāt-ˌkəm-ər 
: one who arrives late
also
: one who has recently arrived
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