belatedly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for belatedly
Adverb
  • There was also a dull 1-1 draw with Scotland in their final Nations League game a few days later.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • An outdoor beach club — scheduled to open later this year — accompanies three pools, ten pickleball courts, and nine tennis courts.
    Olivia Cyrus, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2025
Adverb
  • When Dart was taken late in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, a lot of the follow-up analysis surrounded the idea that the Ole Miss star would have a redshirt season as an NFL rookie.
    Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • If the truce announced late on June 23 holds, the differences among the parties could be settled without further military action.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 June 2025
Adverb
  • Miami-Dade has been planning stations in Wynwood, Little Haiti, North Miami and other neighborhoods along the route, which would eventually stretch north to Palm Beach County.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
  • After sharing her frustrations on social media, White was able to get 10 chairs donated from the First United Methodist Church and eventually signs were put up.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2025
Adverb
  • Only after my release in 2010 did the full topology of the invisible city begin to reveal itself to me—slowly, then all at once.
    Kian Tajbakhsh, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
  • And while small waves can move as slowly as 5 miles per hour, tsunamis in the middle of the Pacific Ocean reach speeds of 600 miles per hour.
    Skylar Knight, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Adverb
  • Detectives conducted an interview with Pickard and subsequently arrested in, the release stated.
    Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
  • For starters, the screen will now be black instead of blue, a change that Microsoft briefly attempted to make in the early days of Windows 11 but subsequently rolled back.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
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“Belatedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belatedly. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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