Synonyms of henceforth
Examples of henceforth in a Sentence
Henceforth, supervisors will report directly to the manager.
She announced that henceforth she would be running the company.
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The best known of them had one of the leading German Jewish bankers, Joseph Seligman, turning up in 1877 at the elegant Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York, and being told that henceforth no Jews could stay there.
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Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
In college, my roommates and I painted our front door pink and thus, our home was henceforth dubbed 'Pink Door'.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
The handling of the case by the New Jersey State police was considered so incompetent, even by the investigatory protocols of the day, that J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI would henceforth be given presumptive jurisdiction over kidnapping cases.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 12 Feb. 2026
More pertinent henceforth is Purdy engineering high-scoring games.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
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Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
In college, my roommates and I painted our front door pink and thus, our home was henceforth dubbed 'Pink Door'.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
The handling of the case by the New Jersey State police was considered so incompetent, even by the investigatory protocols of the day, that J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI would henceforth be given presumptive jurisdiction over kidnapping cases.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 12 Feb. 2026
More pertinent henceforth is Purdy engineering high-scoring games.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for henceforth
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“Henceforth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/henceforth. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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henceforth
adverb
hence·forth
ˈhen(t)s-ˌfō(ə)rth 
-ˌfȯ(ə)rth;
hen(t)s-ˈfō(ə)rth,
-ˈfȯ(ə)rth
: from this point on
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