as in later
following in time or place
gave his farewell speech and left the room shortly thereafter
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Recent Examples of thereafter
However, each gap is filled soon thereafter during the trio’s mostly uneventful travels.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
Soon thereafter, Madigan, who was first elected to the House in 1970, resigned as a state representative.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Soon thereafter, Mexican drivers were allowed to enter the United States.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2025
The mountain is a significant landmark in Shinto mythology, because Ninigi—the grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu—is said to have descended there to become the first ruler of Japan, establishing the divinity of all emperors thereafter.
—Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
Soon thereafter, Madigan, who was first elected to the House in 1970, resigned as a state representative.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Soon thereafter, Mexican drivers were allowed to enter the United States.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2025
The mountain is a significant landmark in Shinto mythology, because Ninigi—the grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu—is said to have descended there to become the first ruler of Japan, establishing the divinity of all emperors thereafter.
—Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thereafter
Adverb
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The plan is to launch public services later this year at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Authorities have said Colbert later used Manzano's credit card to make a purchase at a New Orleans gas station and several stores in the area.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Roach called for a rematch afterward, disgusted that he was not credited with the knockdown in the ninth round.—
Brian Mahoney,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2025
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For decades afterward and until the advent of internet telephony, Druze families divided by the armistice lines who wanted to communicate with one another did so via megaphone in an area that came to be known as Shouting Hill.—
Uriel Heilman,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Soon after, Meloy got himself a laptop and recorded the 2018 album Washington Street, which resonated with folks in Stillwater for its titular reference, a road south of the OSU campus lined with bars and music rooms.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
25 Feb. 2025
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Unfortunately, that wasn't the case, and the entire plant shuttered soon after.—
Nancy Chen,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Thereafter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thereafter. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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