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Recent Examples of latecomer
Michigan is a latecomer in the college football coaching carousel.
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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
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
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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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for latecomer
Noun
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Dow component and Club name Honeywell was a big gainer on the week, while Apple was among laggards.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
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The company has fewer blockbusters than other European pharmaceutical companies and its share price has been a comparative laggard over the past year.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
12 Feb. 2026
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Getting rid of the Super Bowl stragglers is awkward.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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And the one straggler in that group is Draymond Green.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 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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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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Water’s central role in bird conservation The South Florida wetland dynamic is central to the snail kite’s survival.—
Sofia Baltodano,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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The snail slime doesn’t seem to actively turn Cathy on, but points for originality here.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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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
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Some frontline library staff have said the Rondo Library improvements could make safety concerns worse by moving bathrooms deeper into the structure, without addressing root concerns about fentanyl users, unattended youth and loiterers coming from the nearby Green Line station.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
27 Nov. 2025
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Generally, fungicides won’t effectively get rid of sooty mold, but sometimes horticultural oil sprays used to treat overwintering scale or crawlers can help to speed up its removal.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2026
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The hand crawler takes a different approach.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Latecomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latecomer. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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