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Recent Examples of latecomer
Above it all, flapping in the wind, there’s the stars and stripes, that latecomer flag to native nations.
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Casey Cep, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Qualcomm was viewed as a latecomer to the vehicle control or ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) segment, yet its revenues are almost double those of the early AV control system leader, Mobileye.
—Jim McGregor, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
While some retail traders may score quick profits, history suggests such episodes of exuberance can quickly unwind, leaving latecomers nursing losses.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 July 2025
At last, the most infamous latecomer in all of literature has arrived—not in the flesh, but in South Africa’s Afrikaans language.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2025
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Casey Cep, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Qualcomm was viewed as a latecomer to the vehicle control or ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) segment, yet its revenues are almost double those of the early AV control system leader, Mobileye.
—Jim McGregor, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
While some retail traders may score quick profits, history suggests such episodes of exuberance can quickly unwind, leaving latecomers nursing losses.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 July 2025
At last, the most infamous latecomer in all of literature has arrived—not in the flesh, but in South Africa’s Afrikaans language.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for latecomer
Noun
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On the other hand, the tech sector was the day’s laggard.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Economies that embed decarbonization into their growth models are becoming magnets for investment; laggards are already seeing their cost of capital rise.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The last Orionid stragglers usually appear sometime in early to mid-November.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Lightly prune the fern to remove dead fronds, long stragglers, and any fronds that are damaged.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Retired or not, the world’s greatest quarterback does not have the luxury to indulge in sequential action—one thing at a time is for slowpokes and losers.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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One group of 15 female rats, brighter in color than the rest, kept zooming past the others to make it into the houses first, making the rest of their furry colleagues look like slowpokes.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Moles eat insects, snail larvae, spiders, and small invertebrates, but their favorite foods are earthworms and white grubs.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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In addition to sea slugs, other snails have been known to graze on bryozoan.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As for any ribbing that his head coach gives him for being an old plodder back, Hammond laughed it off.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The building, erected between 2005 and 2007, has drawn loiterers, break-ins, litter and other signs of vagrancy and neglect since CVS permanently closed the location in April 2022.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Try ones shaped like pumpkins, skulls, or spiders and other creepy crawlers.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
14 Oct. 2025
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Although the crawlers are more common in the western half of the state, they can be found in every county in Tennessee with the possible exception of a few extreme eastern counties.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Latecomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latecomer. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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