thereafter
adverb
there·af·ter
t͟her-ˈaf-tər 
1
: after that
2
archaic
: according to that : accordingly
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Examples of thereafter in a Sentence
Thereafter, the two companies operated in full partnership.
gave his farewell speech and left the room shortly thereafter
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Anderson started the second quarter and Moody joined him shortly thereafter as Kerr continued to use a deep 12-man rotation.
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
In America, Ammon and his army of pizza-chomping rednecks will not stop asking why a nation born in revolution and built thereafter on a Constitution explicitly maximizing individual liberty while minimizing government intrusion seems day by day, ever more, to be getting it all backwards.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
Polls closed Tuesday night at 8 p.m., and California’s secretary of state released initial vote tallies shortly thereafter.
—Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
Shortly thereafter, Dobson observed Aanerud dumping buckets full of gasoline or diesel on the property owner’s residence and taking firearms from the residence.
—Tim Speier, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2024
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
In America, Ammon and his army of pizza-chomping rednecks will not stop asking why a nation born in revolution and built thereafter on a Constitution explicitly maximizing individual liberty while minimizing government intrusion seems day by day, ever more, to be getting it all backwards.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
Polls closed Tuesday night at 8 p.m., and California’s secretary of state released initial vote tallies shortly thereafter.
—Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
Shortly thereafter, Dobson observed Aanerud dumping buckets full of gasoline or diesel on the property owner’s residence and taking firearms from the residence.
—Tim Speier, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Thereafter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thereafter. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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thereafter
adverb
there·af·ter
t͟ha-ˈraf-tər
t͟he-
: after that
it was returned shortly thereafter
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