latter-day
adjective
lat·ter-day
ˈla-tər-ˌdā 
1
: of present or recent times
latter-day prophets
2
: of a later or subsequent time
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But there were also a handful of real curveballs, including two songs from his 2003 rock opera Greendale, and two deeply obscure CSNY tunes from their latter-day reunion albums.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
In le Carré’s second novel, A Murder of Quality, Smiley plays the gentleman detective, investigating a boarding-school murder with the courage and tact of a latter-day Father Brown.
—Rav Grewal-Kök
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
In 1994, Mike Love sued Wilson and received $13 million tied to a latter-day court decision involving the 1969 sale of the Beach Boys’ publishing company Sea of Tunes.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 11 June 2025
Worst of all, like latter-day Cassandras, they were seen by the university, city officials, and law enforcement to constitute a threat, perhaps a violent threat, to civil order.
—Deborah Baker
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
In le Carré’s second novel, A Murder of Quality, Smiley plays the gentleman detective, investigating a boarding-school murder with the courage and tact of a latter-day Father Brown.
—Rav Grewal-Kök
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
In 1994, Mike Love sued Wilson and received $13 million tied to a latter-day court decision involving the 1969 sale of the Beach Boys’ publishing company Sea of Tunes.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 11 June 2025
Worst of all, like latter-day Cassandras, they were seen by the university, city officials, and law enforcement to constitute a threat, perhaps a violent threat, to civil order.
—Deborah Baker
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
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“Latter-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latter-day. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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