subsequently

adverb

sub·​se·​quent·​ly ˈsəb-si-ˌkwent-lē 

-kwənt-

: at a later or subsequent time

comments that were subsequently shown to be inaccurate

By denying him a hearing beforehand, a jury subsequently ruled, prison officials had violated his right to due process.

—David Margol

If we go back in history, we come to artists who in their time were as fashionable and acclaimed as Warhol was in his time but who subsequently went through periods of total oblivion.

—Andre Emmerich

Synonyms of subsequently

• later
• thereafter
• afterward
• after

Examples of subsequently in a Sentence

subsequently found the missing glove

Recent Examples on the Web

Yates subsequently joined the San Diego Padres and enjoyed the longest sustained success of his career before bouncing to Atlanta, Texas and the Dodgers over the past three seasons. —Arkansas Online, 7 Jan. 2026

Moore was subsequently fired from his position as head football coach, which prosecutors said prompted him to show up at her home. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026

The home was subsequently transformed into an office for the brothers and currently serves as the headquarters for William and Kate's charity work. —Emma Banks, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026

This doesn’t mean that day-care fraud has not taken place in Minneapolis—there’s a years-long history of such malfeasance, and both state and federal law enforcement have convicted dozens of offenders, as Kash Patel subsequently pointed out. —Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1537, in the meaning defined above