Examples of latecomer in a Sentence
Latecomers had to park their cars far from the stadium.
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Sadie Sink’s Max was a latecomer to the gang, arriving in the show’s second season alongside her stepbrother Billy (Dacre Montgomery) before linking up with the boys and helping Eleven develop in the real world.
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Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Somehow, the story had to incorporate not only the regular Toretto crew but also such franchise latecomers as Jakob, Cipher, Deckard and Queenie Shaw, Little Nobody, Stasiuk, and more.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 24 Nov. 2025
Pilgrims’ primacy The Pilgrims were latecomers to the Thanksgiving table.
—Thomas Tweed, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025
Multinational companies from wealthy states dominate capital and technology, while global production has become modular, consigning latecomers to low-value roles—assembling goods or exporting raw materials—without a chance to build globally competitive firms of their own.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
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Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Somehow, the story had to incorporate not only the regular Toretto crew but also such franchise latecomers as Jakob, Cipher, Deckard and Queenie Shaw, Little Nobody, Stasiuk, and more.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 24 Nov. 2025
Pilgrims’ primacy The Pilgrims were latecomers to the Thanksgiving table.
—Thomas Tweed, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025
Multinational companies from wealthy states dominate capital and technology, while global production has become modular, consigning latecomers to low-value roles—assembling goods or exporting raw materials—without a chance to build globally competitive firms of their own.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Latecomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latecomer. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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latecomer
noun
late·com·er
ˈlāt-ˌkəm-ər 
: one who arrives late
also
: one who has recently arrived
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