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
David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
Oprah also later appeared in the show [in a voiceover role] in season two.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
Biden later dropped his bid for president in July 2024.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 22 May 2025
An inning later, Jhoan Duran induced a key double play, fielding a ball hit back to him, before getting Willy Adames to look at strike three to seal the seventh straight win and bring the Twins back to even on the year.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
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Adverb
Instead of taking place in the modern day, as is typical of Final Destination films, this disaster happened in 1968—and is later revealed to be a vision that a woman named Iris Campbell had decades prior.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
Oprah also later appeared in the show [in a voiceover role] in season two.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
Biden later dropped his bid for president in July 2024.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 22 May 2025
An inning later, Jhoan Duran induced a key double play, fielding a ball hit back to him, before getting Willy Adames to look at strike three to seal the seventh straight win and bring the Twins back to even on the year.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for later
Adjective
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Public lands advocates worry the Trump administration will use the subsequent problems as justification for closing, selling or transferring parks and land to private operators.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Yes before the October 7th massacre and subsequent war in Gaza, but the conflict clearly marks the movie from start to finish.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 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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Ramer’s study surveyed FARs and university presidents from around the country to identify best practices for the role, laying the foundation for the first Faculty Athletics Representative Handbook, which the NCAA released shortly thereafter.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
29 May 2025
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Harmony was placed in her father’s care shortly thereafter, despite his violent criminal history.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
24 May 2025
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“Later.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/later. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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