what then

idiom

: what will happen in that case

What if there should be a fire? What then?

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web What then for art, and what then for statecraft? —

Jason Farago, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2022 Conventional dating practices might actually lead to something promising, and what then? —

Morgan Parker, ELLE, 4 June 2022 So what then of the Big Ten? —

Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 18 May 2022 This is what then creates the inflamed plaques. —

Kelly Dougher, Allure, 10 May 2022 After law school, Carroll practiced law for several years before going into politics, facing no opposition in the 1970 Democratic primary for a House seat in what then was the 13th House District on Chicago’s North Side. —

Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 13 Nov. 2021 The squat three-story brick box was built for a candy manufacturer on the block between Hawthorn and Second streets, around the corner from what then was skid row. —

John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Sep. 2021 Once the rocket is horizontally grounded, what then? —

Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 1 Feb. 2023 With that in mind, the city of San Diego opened a safe parking lot that accepts RVs and cars in 2019 near the entrance of what then was Qualcomm Stadium. —

San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2022 See More

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