as late as
idiom
: as recently as
—used in referring to a time that one thinks is surprisingly recent
The company is now in serious trouble, but it was reporting record profits as late as last year.
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Kansas freshman guard Darryn Peterson’s status for Sunday’s Border War battle against Missouri was in question as late as Saturday afternoon.
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 Dec. 2025
Echoes of it appear as late as Greek philosophy.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Antonoff recalls working on final mixes as late as four in the morning, just hours before the album’s release.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Dec. 2025
Emails show that the pair were in contact as late as 2016 when Mandelson appeared to reference Epstein’s birthday two weeks earlier.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 Dec. 2025
Echoes of it appear as late as Greek philosophy.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Antonoff recalls working on final mixes as late as four in the morning, just hours before the album’s release.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Dec. 2025
Emails show that the pair were in contact as late as 2016 when Mandelson appeared to reference Epstein’s birthday two weeks earlier.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
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