as in later
after the due, usual, or proper time
she belatedly realized that it had been her friend's birthday the day before
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Adverb
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An inning later, Jhoan Duran induced a key double play, fielding a ball hit back to him, before getting Willy Adames to look at strike three to seal the seventh straight win and bring the Twins back to even on the year.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
11 May 2025 -
The driver, later identified as McNeill, was arrested in Jackson Township.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2025
Adverb
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Gobert was unplayable for parts of the series against the Lakers, and was sometimes benched late in games.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
4 May 2025
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Against Bournemouth, there were a couple of unusually shaky moments for goalkeeper David Raya, whose passing seems to have become a little more erratic of late.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Adverb
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These incidents eventually forced each of them to resign from working at his Los Angeles-area home, according to the lawsuit.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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After nearly every distributor passed on A Real Pain, Topic chose to solely finance the feature, eventually selling it to Searchlight Pictures out of Park City.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2025
Adverb
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The Huskies started slowly, with their schedule front-loaded with road and neutral site games and power conference opponents.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
11 May 2025
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There’s nothing wrong with ogling a juicy rack of ribs or drooling over a hunk of brisket slowly smoking over hot coals.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
11 May 2025
Adverb
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Israel subsequently launched an offensive that has devastated the Gaza Strip and in which well over 50,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to health authorities in the territory.—
Amira El-Fekki
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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The two countries subsequently launched tit-for-tat levies that led to unprecedented U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods of 145% and a reciprocal rate of 125% from China.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
12 May 2025
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“Belatedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belatedly. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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