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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The list featured diners that opened as early as 1910 (Jones' Bar-B-Q Diner in Marianne, Arkansas — a leaning white house and a 2012 James Beard America's Classics Award winner) to as late as 1958 (Pann's in Los Angeles).
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Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Some women may experience symptoms as early as their 30s or as late as their 50s.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Dobbins could be a league-winning running back if healthy, and he could be drafted in as late as the ninth round.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
There is much to reenact, to explain and unravel and contextualize, in a legal saga that began on Nov. 2, 2007, the morning Kercher’s body was discovered, and had yet to be fully resolved as late as this year.
—Judy Berman, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
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Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Some women may experience symptoms as early as their 30s or as late as their 50s.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Dobbins could be a league-winning running back if healthy, and he could be drafted in as late as the ninth round.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
There is much to reenact, to explain and unravel and contextualize, in a legal saga that began on Nov. 2, 2007, the morning Kercher’s body was discovered, and had yet to be fully resolved as late as this year.
—Judy Berman, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
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“As late as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20late%20as. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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