Johnny-come-lately

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Recent Examples of Johnny-come-lately Sure those who spent the most and who’ve stayed the longest ought to receive more compensation than the Johnny-come-lately’s to the smarthome party? Charles Radclyffe, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025 Johnny-come-lately botnet sets a new record At 30,000 devices, the Eleven11bot was already exceptionally large (although some botnets exceed well over 100,000 devices). Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025 The Hood proudly stands as an outlier, no Johnny-come-lately to contemporary Native art. Chadd Scott, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Johnny-come-lately
Noun
  • The next two years saw the opening of imitators such as Pace, BJ’s, and Sam’s Club.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The oud that launched a thousand imitators, and still outclasses them all.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Striking these partnerships often requires that a creator have millions of followers, and produce longer-form content with high production value.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
  • An official at the Attorney General's office confirmed to Newsweek that the X account, which has 36 followers and has tweeted 577 times was linked to Ray.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Johnny-come-lately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Johnny-come-lately. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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