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Recent Examples of latecomer
But Noel was a latecomer to Oasis, and the story involving the others is of relevance.
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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
But Apple was largely considered to be a latecomer to consumer-facing artificial intelligence.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
Given that context, the new staging from director Jeremy Herrin also featuring Tim Hopper as the Old Man and Cliff Chamberlain as the whiplashed latecomer to the party, feels too tame.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
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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
But Apple was largely considered to be a latecomer to consumer-facing artificial intelligence.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
Given that context, the new staging from director Jeremy Herrin also featuring Tim Hopper as the Old Man and Cliff Chamberlain as the whiplashed latecomer to the party, feels too tame.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for latecomer
Noun
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Nestlé, a category laggard whose share price has been slipping, had already installed a new CEO, Philipp Navratil, an internal hire who previously led the company’s Nespresso business.—
Lila MacLellan,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Paramount+, long dismissed as a laggard, is suddenly back in the fight.—
Jason Wingard,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 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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Millions of gastropods, like snails and mollusks from various species, died suddenly in Inle Lake.—
Lauren Liebhaber
September 5,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Some of the snail bodies have been painted gold.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This may yield additional, creepier, and crawler results.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Garfield played the friendly neighborhood wall-crawler in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Latecomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latecomer. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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