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Recent Examples of latecomer
As a latecomer, Miami was able to address that issue early.
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Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
Michigan is a latecomer in the college football coaching carousel.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Sadie Sink’s Max was a latecomer to the gang, arriving in the show’s second season alongside her stepbrother Billy (Dacre Montgomery) before linking up with the boys and helping Eleven develop in the real world.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Baker had been a latecomer to the EFL but earned a strong reputation as a talented attacker.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
Michigan is a latecomer in the college football coaching carousel.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Sadie Sink’s Max was a latecomer to the gang, arriving in the show’s second season alongside her stepbrother Billy (Dacre Montgomery) before linking up with the boys and helping Eleven develop in the real world.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Baker had been a latecomer to the EFL but earned a strong reputation as a talented attacker.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for latecomer
Noun
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On the other hand, energy and real estate were the day's laggards.—
Sean Conlon,Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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The California Democratic Party pitched its new, periodic polls as a way to help voters and campaigns make sense of the unusually wide-open race for governor — and help encourage laggards to quit the race.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Yet a few stragglers, drinks in hand, watched the horizon, waiting for ignition.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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Moreover, since these frogs can hunker in the mud for days, conservationists resort to pumping water out and allowing the bed to completely dry out, to ferret out every last straggler.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Much of the drama is undermined by the odd choice to have the characters explain exactly what is happening (presumably for the slowpokes in the back).—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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Just up ahead, a slowpoke chugging along in the left lane.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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Made with 93% natuarally extracted snail secretion, this daily moisturizer provides deep-penetrating hydration and is excellent for strengthening the skin barrier.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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The report, published Monday, documents the discovery of several species including two micro-snails, two millipedes, the turquoise pit viper, a flying snake, and several geckos.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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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Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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By March, there were four tower cranes and a crawler crane.—
Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Mar. 2026
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While D’Onofrio’s Kingpin is part of Disney and Marvel’s IP machine, Sony owns the film rights to the red and blue wall crawler.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Latecomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latecomer. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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