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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While Barneys became an industry icon, a combination of over-expansion, high rents, ownership changes, two bankruptcies, and a failure by latter-day management to heal the wounds, led to its total shutdown in 2020.
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David Moin, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
Gallner admits that his latter-day stretch of independent opportunities haven’t come easy either.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Dungeon makes wise use of Watt, a pop and rock Swiss Army Knife who’s increasingly in demand among rock octogenarians after his work on latter-day resurgences and returns to form for Iggy Pop, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam, and Elton John.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 June 2026
But unlike Disclosure or Airframe or—above all—State of Fear, his spate of latter-day thrill-eds, Sphere unpolemically inhabits this epistemology of doubt that colors so much of his work.
—Ian MacKenzie, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
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David Moin, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
Gallner admits that his latter-day stretch of independent opportunities haven’t come easy either.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Dungeon makes wise use of Watt, a pop and rock Swiss Army Knife who’s increasingly in demand among rock octogenarians after his work on latter-day resurgences and returns to form for Iggy Pop, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam, and Elton John.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 June 2026
But unlike Disclosure or Airframe or—above all—State of Fear, his spate of latter-day thrill-eds, Sphere unpolemically inhabits this epistemology of doubt that colors so much of his work.
—Ian MacKenzie, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
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“Latter-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latter-day. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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