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
Consider this: dementia visits one in 10 of us around retirement age, and one in three of us a couple decades thereafter.
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R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 20 May 2025
Child Tax Credit Enhancement: Increases the child tax credit to $2,500 through 2028, then reverts to $2,000 thereafter.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
The front office makeover began shortly thereafter.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Owens and Carter made plans to meet in New York City at the Roc Nation office shortly thereafter.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 17 May 2025
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R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 20 May 2025
Child Tax Credit Enhancement: Increases the child tax credit to $2,500 through 2028, then reverts to $2,000 thereafter.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
The front office makeover began shortly thereafter.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Owens and Carter made plans to meet in New York City at the Roc Nation office shortly thereafter.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 17 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for thereafter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thereafter
Adverb
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La Russa won in 2021 and then watched things fall apart one year later, leading to Hahn’s firing in 2023.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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The video, first reported by The Times, prompted a criminal investigation by the state attorney general’s office, which later charged 30 probation officers — including Brooks and Smyles — with allowing and encouraging fights among teens inside county juvenile halls.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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Holmes followed Sale with an equally strong start Saturday — seven innings, six hits, one run — and afterward was asked about Sale’s mention the night before of how Holmes and Schwellenbach had helped in Sale’s turnaround.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
26 May 2025
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Trump had threatened big reciprocal tariffs on the EU and a host of countries in early April but paused all them, except for tariffs on China, shortly afterward.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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This is not a money mystery, other than the puzzling rush to give Floridians tax breaks just as Florida is looking down the barrel of a possible $2.8 billion budget deficit next year and $6.9 billion the year after.—
Pat Beall,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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Soon after, Yoon moved out from the presidential residency and into an apartment in the capital Seoul.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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“Thereafter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thereafter. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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