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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?
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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
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
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Though Cox has a small role and Panettiere returns, the lack of legacy characters makes this feel like a cheap imitator at times.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Mar. 2026
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For decades, Gallup’s company and its imitators improved their techniques.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Shrink the Win Stop measuring success in sales or followers or awards.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2026
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After sending the video to his mother, Spencer posted it on Instagram, to his thirty-six followers.—
John Kenney,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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