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
Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
Strahm was back more than a year later.
—Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
At a later date, they are killed if there’s no demand for live ones.
—Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
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Adverb
The victim was taken to an area hospital for treatment and was later released.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
Strahm was back more than a year later.
—Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Additional category submissions will announce at a later date.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
At a later date, they are killed if there’s no demand for live ones.
—Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for later
Adverb
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Many residents from rural areas have lived on the same land for generations, watching a cycle of outside companies profit from extracting the state’s resources — from timber to coal and oil and gas — only to pollute and abandon communities afterward.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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But House Democrats say their removal from committee doesn't go far enough, lodging an ethics complaint against Engen and Hudson after a photo taken hours before the arrest showing the pair eating lunch and drinking at a restaurant nearby before returning to the Capitol for floor debate afterwards.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Taurasi played with Staley on the 2004 Olympic team and for her as an assistant and head coach, on subsequent Olympic teams, as did Bird.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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Missing from this list are live albums that were recorded in 1976 but did not come out until subsequent years.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Soon after, the Mercedes rear-ended the Trax.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Soon after, Microsoft and OpenAI investigated whether the Chinese startup had improperly exfiltrated large amounts of data from the US firm’s models to create R1, Bloomberg previously reported.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But Fox News Digital learned that a former athletics department administrator reluctantly accepted a voluntary retirement package, and then Berdo was hired shortly thereafter.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Shortly thereafter, his sons, Joseph and Thomas, also were diagnosed.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Later.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/later. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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