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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
  • This quickly became the world's best-selling pen and was soon followed by many imitators that sold in the billions.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
  • These are people who are in the know, many of whom actually thought of him as kind of a loser, as kind of an imitator.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cissé, who was not a member of the military, sometimes posted images of herself in military fatigues to her more than 140,00 TikTok followers, which is thought to have drawn attention from the armed men.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Since the government shutdown delayed funding for SNAP in November, Curry has been sharing strategies on how to find free or affordable food with his social media followers.
    NPR, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025

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“Johnny-come-lately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Johnny-come-lately. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.

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