latter-day
adjective
lat·ter-day
ˈla-tər-ˌdā 
1
: of present or recent times
latter-day prophets
2
: of a later or subsequent time
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Most latter-day Switch games suffered from frame rate dips here and there, as newer games outstripped the capabilities of a low-power tablet processor that had already been a couple of years old when the Switch launched in 2017.
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ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
In the end, Wainwright has created a latter-day bardo, the spiritual journey that follows death.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
The Harlem Renaissance inspired Jazz Age references, such as fka Twigs’s Wales Bonner dress, while the ’30s more broadly were an inspiration for Madonna who reprised her role as a latter-day Marlene Dietrich.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 May 2025
Norton, May 13 Image What Will People Think? by Sara Hamdan
Like a latter-day Mrs. Maisel, the heroine of this debut novel tries to keep her stand-up comedy aspirations a secret from her tradition-minded family.
—John Cassidy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
In the end, Wainwright has created a latter-day bardo, the spiritual journey that follows death.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
The Harlem Renaissance inspired Jazz Age references, such as fka Twigs’s Wales Bonner dress, while the ’30s more broadly were an inspiration for Madonna who reprised her role as a latter-day Marlene Dietrich.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 May 2025
Norton, May 13 Image What Will People Think? by Sara Hamdan
Like a latter-day Mrs. Maisel, the heroine of this debut novel tries to keep her stand-up comedy aspirations a secret from her tradition-minded family.
—John Cassidy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Latter-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latter-day. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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