as in later
following in time or place
he had been a teacher, a librarian, and some years latterly, a novelist
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Like their opposite numbers in the rest of the world, China’s video streamers have had to change tack, emphasizing profitability over user growth and latterly been forced to slash content costs.
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Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
Based on Kalki Krishnamurthy’s classic Tamil-language novel, the film, set in the 10th century, revolves around the early life of Chola Prince Arunmozhi Varman who was latterly known as the great Chola emperor Raja Raja Chola and was the most powerful king in South India at the time.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Aug. 2022
Rawlings’ initially chaotic, then authoritarian, latterly democratic, rule by hook or by crook managed to take Ghana through the uncertainties of the 1970s to the political balance and comparative economic equilibrium of the 1990s and into the 21st century.
—Jeffrey Haynes, Quartz Africa, 13 Nov. 2020
Poh Lin Ho, who had been with Vision Plus Entertainment for nearly 40 years, latterly as its CEO, is stepping down from the business.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 24 Apr. 2023
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Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
Based on Kalki Krishnamurthy’s classic Tamil-language novel, the film, set in the 10th century, revolves around the early life of Chola Prince Arunmozhi Varman who was latterly known as the great Chola emperor Raja Raja Chola and was the most powerful king in South India at the time.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Aug. 2022
Rawlings’ initially chaotic, then authoritarian, latterly democratic, rule by hook or by crook managed to take Ghana through the uncertainties of the 1970s to the political balance and comparative economic equilibrium of the 1990s and into the 21st century.
—Jeffrey Haynes, Quartz Africa, 13 Nov. 2020
Poh Lin Ho, who had been with Vision Plus Entertainment for nearly 40 years, latterly as its CEO, is stepping down from the business.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 24 Apr. 2023
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However, two people later showed up at nearby hospitals with gunshot wounds.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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Sometime later, a passing pipeline company worker pulled the vehicle from the ditch.Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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While the polls closed at 6 p.m., voters were still waiting in line almost two hours afterward in Hendricks County.Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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Soon afterward, Harris began blatantly calling Trump a fascist.Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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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.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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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
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Soon after, people across Europe reported the same behavior with their unsecured milk bottles.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Soon after, Lynda Carter’s iconic take on the character found the kind of breakthrough success The Secrets of Isis did not.Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Latterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latterly. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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