as in afterward
following in time or place
we're going to go to the mall later on
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as in subsequent
being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else
the details of the plan will be filled in at a later date
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Recent Examples of later
Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2026
Williams had worked her entire life, first as a dorm mother at Florida A & M University and later as a cosmetologist.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
What happened to Mughal painting under Aurangzeb and the later Mughal rulers?
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
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Adverb
The 15-year-old was taken to a local hospital and died less than an hour later, according to police.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2026
Williams had worked her entire life, first as a dorm mother at Florida A & M University and later as a cosmetologist.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
In Israel, Lahav’s time with Springsteen is more of a footnote to her later career there.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
What happened to Mughal painting under Aurangzeb and the later Mughal rulers?
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for later
Adverb
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The impact sends both men hurling to the pavement, and the shoeless rear passenger can be seen hobbling on one foot afterward, the footage shows.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Tuchel tried to put a brave face on it afterwards, insisting that every team in the world would miss a player of Kane’s quality, and that his England team have won games without Kane in the past and will do so again in the future.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Taurasi played with Staley on the 2004 Olympic team and for her as an assistant and head coach, on subsequent Olympic teams, as did Bird.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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Missing from this list are live albums that were recorded in 1976 but did not come out until subsequent years.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Soon after, the Mercedes rear-ended the Trax.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Soon after, Microsoft and OpenAI investigated whether the Chinese startup had improperly exfiltrated large amounts of data from the US firm’s models to create R1, Bloomberg previously reported.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But Fox News Digital learned that a former athletics department administrator reluctantly accepted a voluntary retirement package, and then Berdo was hired shortly thereafter.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Shortly thereafter, his sons, Joseph and Thomas, also were diagnosed.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Later.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/later. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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