(a) quarter after
idiom
US
: 15 minutes after (a stated hour)
The alarm went off at (a) quarter after six.
Examples of (a) quarter after in a Sentence
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Denegal gave way to Emanuel in the fourth quarter after completing 13 of 25 passes for 208 yards and a TD.
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
On Saturday, Bishop Montgomery lost at Saint Louis of Hawaii 34-27 in a season-opening game that ended in the final minute of the fourth quarter after a confrontation between the teams.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 26 Aug. 2025
Koclanes grew increasingly frustrated with the lack of calls, eventually picking up a technical foul in the fourth quarter after protesting a box-out collision.
—Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Now, even Applebee’s, which has long lagged behind its fast casual peers, reported same-store sales growth in the first quarter after eight straight declines.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
Cunningham needed help leaving the court early in the second quarter after the Sun’s Bria Hartley tumbled into her while trying to make a pass.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Things got a bit shaky in the second half as the Bears scored a touchdown late in the third quarter after a Ewers fumble deep in Dolphins territory.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025
Golden State hit five of their eight 3-point attempts in the quarter after shooting 25% from beyond the arc in the first half.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 26 July 2025
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
On Saturday, Bishop Montgomery lost at Saint Louis of Hawaii 34-27 in a season-opening game that ended in the final minute of the fourth quarter after a confrontation between the teams.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 26 Aug. 2025
Koclanes grew increasingly frustrated with the lack of calls, eventually picking up a technical foul in the fourth quarter after protesting a box-out collision.
—Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Now, even Applebee’s, which has long lagged behind its fast casual peers, reported same-store sales growth in the first quarter after eight straight declines.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
Cunningham needed help leaving the court early in the second quarter after the Sun’s Bria Hartley tumbled into her while trying to make a pass.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Things got a bit shaky in the second half as the Bears scored a touchdown late in the third quarter after a Ewers fumble deep in Dolphins territory.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025
Golden State hit five of their eight 3-point attempts in the quarter after shooting 25% from beyond the arc in the first half.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 26 July 2025
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“(a) quarter after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28a%29%20quarter%20after. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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