as in afterwards
following in time or place
we're going to go to the mall later on
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as in subsequent
being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else
the details of the plan will be filled in at a later date
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Recent Examples of later
Dayna Haffenden, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
But preliminary results from a separate report later in the morning underscored the issue.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Yonezawa has carte blanche, and her resulting artwork is to be unveiled some time later this year.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
Fire is a natural and necessary part of California’s ecosystem, and suppressing it entirely only stokes bigger blazes later.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Greenberg and Chung got engaged in December 2013 and tied the knot two years later in Santa Barbara, California.
—Dayna Haffenden, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
But preliminary results from a separate report later in the morning underscored the issue.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Yonezawa has carte blanche, and her resulting artwork is to be unveiled some time later this year.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
Fire is a natural and necessary part of California’s ecosystem, and suppressing it entirely only stokes bigger blazes later.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Lawmakers have until June 2 to finish their work, but like in 2023 they could be called in for subsequent special sessions if Gov. Greg Abbott thinks there’s more to be done.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Jan. 2025
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Investment in the squad has been minimal due to the sanctions already applied for breaching the league’s profitability and sustainability rules, and the subsequent wariness of incurring further penalties.—
James Nalton,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The Knicks also beat Milwaukee, 116-94, at the Garden in November, and afterward, Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo bemoaned his team’s lack of effort.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
13 Jan. 2025
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Soon afterward, the bishops provided eighteen suggestions for possible members.—
Alec MacGillis,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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The actor, who died in 2023 at age 83, didn’t slow down during (or after) his run in the Southwestern gangland.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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Not long after, coffeehouses in Philadelphia, Boston and New York were meeting places for colonialists making plans for revolution.—
David G. Allan,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Most millennials entered the workforce at the height of the economic recession, which affected their earnings and many of their life choices thereafter.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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But the research for SoCalGas contained many of the same talking points as studies published by the restaurant association shortly thereafter.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Later.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/later. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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