henceforth

adverb

hence·forth | \ ˈhen(t)s-ˌfȯrth

, hen(t)s-ˈfȯrth\

Definition of henceforth

: from this point on

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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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Romantic comedies typically focus on the lives of women, and henceforth, we are trained by our culture to take them a lot less seriously. — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, "Welcome to Rom-Com Week," 11 Feb. 2019 The emergence of capital punishment meant that henceforth, anyone aspiring to be an alpha couldn't get away with just being a fighter. — Richard Wrangham, WSJ, "Humans: The Domesticated Primates," 10 Jan. 2019 One: Trya Banks handed her hosting baton to Rita Ora (FYI, Tyra Mail is henceforth known as Rita Oracles). — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, "Ashley Graham Is Giving 'America's Next Top Model' the Update It Deserves," 13 Dec. 2016 Nail polish companies, take note: All future dark purple shades should henceforth be named after the Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles. — Andrea Park, Teen Vogue, "Noah Centineo Tried Braiding a Fan’s Hair and Used Multiple Face Masks," 21 Sep. 2018 Nail polish companies, take note: All future dark purple shades should henceforth be named after the Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles. — Andrea Park, Allure, "We Challenged Noah Centineo to Try Our Favorite Beauty Treatments and the Results Are Amazing," 21 Sep. 2018 Image But predictions that, for better or worse, tech and politics were henceforth going to be inseparable did not hold up. — David Streitfeld, New York Times, "Tech Was Supposed to Get Political. It’s Hanging Back in This Election.," 1 June 2018 Glen Powell and Zoey Deutch should be in every movie henceforth. — Tom Philip, GQ, "The Best Things to Stream on Netflix This July 4," 3 July 2018 In what shall henceforth be called the Nasihah Thompson-King Rule ™, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association recently decided that athletes no longer need to get prior approval to wear head garments for religious reasons. — Helen Ubiñas, Philly.com, "Say goodbye to the rule requiring Pa. athletes to get waivers to wear hijabs | Helen Ubiñas," 29 May 2018

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