shortly after

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: soon after
Shortly after she hung up, the phone rang again.

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Roswell Fire Department crews were called to The Atlantic Newtown Apartment Homes on Ashley Forest Drive shortly after midnight. Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025 This injury came shortly after Packers quarterback Jordan Love was forced to exit the game briefly due to a shoulder injury. Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025 The app goes live on the App Store on November 17th, and will arrive on the Google Play Store shortly after. Taylor Grothe, Parents, 16 Nov. 2025 The thieves arrived shortly after the museum opened and used a mechanical lift to access a first-floor window overlooking the Seine. Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shortly after

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“Shortly after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly%20after. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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