latter-day
adjective
lat·ter-day
ˈla-tər-ˌdā 
1
: of present or recent times
latter-day prophets
2
: of a later or subsequent time
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The Harlem Renaissance inspired Jazz Age references, such as fka Twigs’s Wales Bonner dress, while the ’30s more broadly were an inspiration for Madonna who reprised her role as a latter-day Marlene Dietrich.
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Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 May 2025
Norton, May 13 Image What Will People Think? by Sara Hamdan
Like a latter-day Mrs. Maisel, the heroine of this debut novel tries to keep her stand-up comedy aspirations a secret from her tradition-minded family.
—John Cassidy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
This was amplified by the arriviste drive of Lebedev the younger, who set on London society like a latter-day Count of Monte Cristo.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
Tell me another band ever in history that has made a latter-day album that good in their 80s, with that level of songwriting, that level of performance.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
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Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 May 2025
Norton, May 13 Image What Will People Think? by Sara Hamdan
Like a latter-day Mrs. Maisel, the heroine of this debut novel tries to keep her stand-up comedy aspirations a secret from her tradition-minded family.
—John Cassidy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
This was amplified by the arriviste drive of Lebedev the younger, who set on London society like a latter-day Count of Monte Cristo.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
Tell me another band ever in history that has made a latter-day album that good in their 80s, with that level of songwriting, that level of performance.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for latter-day
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“Latter-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latter-day. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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