Examples of shortly after in a Sentence
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Officials said the female was located and taken into custody shortly after the shooting.
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Wcco Staff, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
In a statement released Thursday, Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said his office initiated the request for federal involvement shortly after Mica's death, after investigators uncovered information that, while not directly related to the cause of death, warranted further review.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025
John went solo in 1970, shortly after marrying Yoko, an artist in 1969.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
When the end came shortly after the millennial generation’s heyday, exemplified by the Total Request Live program, Freston explained that the same forces afoot in Warner-Netflix-Paramount were leaving MTV exposed to the digital wave.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025
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Wcco Staff, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
In a statement released Thursday, Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said his office initiated the request for federal involvement shortly after Mica's death, after investigators uncovered information that, while not directly related to the cause of death, warranted further review.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025
John went solo in 1970, shortly after marrying Yoko, an artist in 1969.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
When the end came shortly after the millennial generation’s heyday, exemplified by the Total Request Live program, Freston explained that the same forces afoot in Warner-Netflix-Paramount were leaving MTV exposed to the digital wave.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Shortly after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly%20after. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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