late of
idiom
formal
: having recently lived or worked in (a place, a company, etc.)
The company's new president is Mark Jones, late of Chicago.
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Randy Economy, late of the laughable Gavin Newsom recall effort, tried to waste everyone’s time in Nevada County.
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Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
The actor, late of The Big Bang Theory, shows up as Marion Cotillard’s opera singer’s accompanist, but then, as the movie progresses, becomes a full-on conductor, with a new dramatic sweeping hairdo, and reveals himself to be entwined in Cotillard and Adam Driver’s big messy love story.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2021
McCrimmon and Cassidy hired veteran John Stevens, late of Dallas, whose long résumé includes head coaching stops in Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
The armadillo killer is Joe MacMillan (Lee Pace), a fast-talking alpha-male maverick late of IBM who understands that, conventional wisdom notwithstanding, the tech wars are not over.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
Upon arriving on the ground he was joined by his second, Sergeant H. C. Roos, late of the Sacramento Huzzars, and was lustily cheered by his many friends.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
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Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
The actor, late of The Big Bang Theory, shows up as Marion Cotillard’s opera singer’s accompanist, but then, as the movie progresses, becomes a full-on conductor, with a new dramatic sweeping hairdo, and reveals himself to be entwined in Cotillard and Adam Driver’s big messy love story.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2021
McCrimmon and Cassidy hired veteran John Stevens, late of Dallas, whose long résumé includes head coaching stops in Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
The armadillo killer is Joe MacMillan (Lee Pace), a fast-talking alpha-male maverick late of IBM who understands that, conventional wisdom notwithstanding, the tech wars are not over.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
Upon arriving on the ground he was joined by his second, Sergeant H. C. Roos, late of the Sacramento Huzzars, and was lustily cheered by his many friends.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
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“Late of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/late%20of. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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