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Recent Examples of Johnny-come-lately
Here are impressions of the game from a Johnny-come-lately.
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Michel A. Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2026
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
Michel A. Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2026
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
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Baseball is a copycat league, and success breeds imitators.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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In Karp’s telling, Basquiat is someone who Just Did Things, like today’s defense tech founders, who possess a similar kind of creative conviction, as opposed to the consumer tech imitators of yesteryear.—
Simon Denny,
Artforum,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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TikTok followers watched along as Jessica Kayll, who designs colorful silk robes, finished painting her dress in the days leading up to the gala.—
Beatrice Dupuy,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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By then, Church had a band of followers.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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“Johnny-come-lately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Johnny-come-lately. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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