as in afterward
following in time or place
we're going to go to the mall later on
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as in subsequent
being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else
the details of the plan will be filled in at a later date
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Recent Examples of later
Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Three years later, the U.K.-native Cowell decided to team up with his other cofounders André Neves and Christian Moss to launch ZBD–named after a character called Zebedee from a French cartoon show.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
Additional information, full schedules, and tickets will be announced at a later date.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Jan. 2026
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Adverb
Mentor team members who later excelled?
—Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Three years later, the U.K.-native Cowell decided to team up with his other cofounders André Neves and Christian Moss to launch ZBD–named after a character called Zebedee from a French cartoon show.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
Like How to Survive Med School, Pacify has not revealed cast, but both have wrapped principle photography, with premiere dates following at a later date.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
Additional information, full schedules, and tickets will be announced at a later date.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for later
Adverb
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Management fees are typically around 2% during the initial investment period and lower afterward.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Rybakina said in a news conference afterward that practising indoors Tuesday because of the heat might have upset her serving rhythm in the first set and led to that low first-serve percentage.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Student counts leveled off at fewer than 30,000 in subsequent years.—
Jennifer Palmer,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Jan. 2026
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Bad Bunny kicked things off in October, and subsequent episodes have been hosted by Amy Poehler, Sabrina Carpenter, Miles Teller, Nikki Glaser, Glen Powell, Melissa McCarthy and Josh O'Connor.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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Soon after, Rivkin and his family fled, traveling nearly 1,000 miles to a village outside of Stalingrad, now known as Volgograd.—
Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Not long after, Liv Morgan questioned Balor’s approach with Punk, which helped spark the chaos that closed the show.—
Rob Wolkenbrod,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Shortly thereafter, shots were fired from the suspect and the agent returned fire.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Goodman in 2021 implemented a succession plan, and shortly thereafter stepped away from the daily business of running the gallery, which inaugurated an LA outpost 2023 and moved its New York headquarters to TriBeCa the following year.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Later.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/later. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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