Johnny-come-lately

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Recent Examples of Johnny-come-lately 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 The Hood proudly stands as an outlier, no Johnny-come-lately to contemporary Native art. Chadd Scott, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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follower
Noun
  • In Instagram comments, Wales Bonner invited followers to sign up for the newsletter on walesbonner.com for further updates.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 5 July 2025
  • The actress, who is on vacation in Sardinia, has delighted her 571K followers on Instagram by proudly displaying her collection of bikinis while beating the heat with pals.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025

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“Johnny-come-lately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Johnny-come-lately. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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