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Recent Examples of after all
Maybe some would, but not me—not after all those years, all that effort.
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Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
Pace, after all, helped define the mega-gallery model in the first place.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026
Taller people, after all, reportedly make more money and earn promotions at a higher rate than their shorter colleagues.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Those sorts of unexpected shifts are what make Vile’s brand of self-absorption so uniquely absorbing after all these years, even as Philadelphia leans into his familiar formula of ’70s-Neil ditch-digging filtered through ’80s-Springsteen production and stretched across ’90s-CD sprawl.
—Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 4 June 2026
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Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
Pace, after all, helped define the mega-gallery model in the first place.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026
Taller people, after all, reportedly make more money and earn promotions at a higher rate than their shorter colleagues.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Those sorts of unexpected shifts are what make Vile’s brand of self-absorption so uniquely absorbing after all these years, even as Philadelphia leans into his familiar formula of ’70s-Neil ditch-digging filtered through ’80s-Springsteen production and stretched across ’90s-CD sprawl.
—Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for after all
Adverb
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The Rockets couldn’t capitalize, however, as the Timberwolves’ pressure near the Reading goal proved to be a challenge all night.—
Matt Goisman,
Boston Herald,
11 June 2026
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Amodei, however, remained optimistic about AI's impact on humanity and its ability, for instance, to cure medical maladies.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
Adverb
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Sometimes he was described as a modern-day Cyrus, a Persian king and a pagan in the Hebrew Bible whom God nevertheless anointed and would use for his purposes.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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The missiles did little damage, but the Iranian attack nevertheless put extreme pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hit Tehran militarily.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2026
Adverb
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The event may not be about politics, but politics will be humming in the background regardless.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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Winger Tyrique George is expected to be sold permanently regardless.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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“After all.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/after%20all. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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