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Recent Examples of latecomer
The latecomer leaned forward and rested his head and his hands on the pew in front of him.
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Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2024
There are too many latecomers who need to be punished.
—Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
In those days, even small neighborhood theaters employed uniformed ushers to guide latecomers to their seats with a flashlight, patrol the aisles, and handle obstreperous customers.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
Zoom out: The fracture was familiar to anyone who's seen a movement expand — early adopters criticizing the latecomers for bringing different ideas.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
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Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2024
There are too many latecomers who need to be punished.
—Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
In those days, even small neighborhood theaters employed uniformed ushers to guide latecomers to their seats with a flashlight, patrol the aisles, and handle obstreperous customers.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
Zoom out: The fracture was familiar to anyone who's seen a movement expand — early adopters criticizing the latecomers for bringing different ideas.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for latecomer
Noun
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The main general merchandise arm of the group has acted as a laggard in the conglomerate’s numbers over the past couple of years with negative growth due to the intense competition in the GM market.—
John Choong,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The Club's best performers out of our 30 stocks — and our laggards, too — also highlight some of the forces driving the market over the past month.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
25 June 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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From an outdoor kitchen emerged a lavish feast: bruschetta topped with mangrove clams; squash soup with snails; fish fritters; sea-bass kinilaw—ceviche’s Filipino cousin—cured with lime and young-coconut vinegar.—
Jeff Chu,
Travel + Leisure,
16 June 2025
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In Lake Victoria, the largest tropical lake in the world, rocky outcrops provide a home for freshwater snails.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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Tightly woven, strong fibers with low pile heights (thinner) also shed less, another boon for little crawlers with allergies.—
Briana Feigon,
Architectural Digest,
24 Feb. 2025
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Reddit also has implemented safeguards to block bots and web crawlers from scraping its data.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
6 June 2025
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“Latecomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latecomer. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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