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Recent Examples of latecomer
Shueisha, the publisher, was a relative latecomer to the weekly manga scene.
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Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 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
But Noel was a latecomer to Oasis, and the story involving the others is of relevance.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 29 June 2025
The cycle of speculation has remained consistent: a meme coin goes viral, early adopters and insiders profit from the hype, and latecomers are often left holding worthless tokens after the inevitable crash.
—Chris Groshong, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 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
But Noel was a latecomer to Oasis, and the story involving the others is of relevance.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 29 June 2025
The cycle of speculation has remained consistent: a meme coin goes viral, early adopters and insiders profit from the hype, and latecomers are often left holding worthless tokens after the inevitable crash.
—Chris Groshong, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for latecomer
Noun
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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
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The study finds the performance gap between AI leaders and laggards is widening fast, primarily driven by the rise of agentic AI.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Weakened stragglers were shot or simply collapsed and died on the road.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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Migration typically peaks in September, but stragglers may still pass through in October depending on the region.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 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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Many springs feature a visible boil at the water surface above the spring vent, crystal clear water, submerged grasses waving in the current, and a range of fish, turtles, snails and other aquatic animals hiding in the grasses.—
Christopher F. Meindl,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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In our lives how many things are like the snail, never thought of?—
Victoria Chang,
The New York Review of Books,
2 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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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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The company was supposed to have blocked crawlers from Google harvesting Claude chats, but hundreds of conversations were found with some simple searches.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Latecomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latecomer. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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