Afterwards Definition & Meaning

Examples of afterward in a Sentence

He found out about it long afterward. Afterward, she got a promotion.

Recent Examples on the Web The Pride month material will remain on display through July 15 and be removed afterward at the supervisory librarian's discretion. — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 24 June 2022 Not long afterward, Pocus garnered the support of more than a dozen angel investors — including top executives at Clickhouse, Notion, Zapier and Datadog — and raised its seed round that June. — Phoebe Liu, Forbes, 22 June 2022 French audiences got to see it for the first time in 1926, and shortly afterward, it was finally purchased by the Englishman David Tennant. — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 22 June 2022 Typically, a billionaire philosopher king begins by making his billions and pursues politics and philosophy afterward. — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 22 June 2022 The council suspended him from his post soon afterward, tapping one of his high-level aides to serve as the district’s unelected caretaker. — David Zahniserstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2022 An employee who let an outsider into Sabyasachi’s factory says he was let go afterward. — New York Times, 22 June 2022 Immediately following the leak and for days afterward, police in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, initiated extra patrols around The Women’s Center location, Kifferly said. — Sara Burnett, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2022 The driver remained on the scene afterward, the authorities said. — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 20 June 2022 See More

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