as in afterward
following in time or place
we're going to go to the mall later on
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Relevance
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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
Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 June 2026
The Aang gang officially reassembled later that September, about three years after filming season 1, to shoot both 2 and 3 back-to-back over the course of a calendar year — all to see the full live-action adaptation through to the end.
—Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Final plans still need to be approved by the city at a later date.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
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Adverb
Goldman later cited a Manhattan federal district judge's late May ruling preventing ICE from arresting people attending immigration court during routine, mandatory check-ins.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 June 2026
The Aang gang officially reassembled later that September, about three years after filming season 1, to shoot both 2 and 3 back-to-back over the course of a calendar year — all to see the full live-action adaptation through to the end.
—Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
Adjective
Consumers were suddenly exposed to thousands of products, routines and recommendations across YouTube, Instagram and later TikTok.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Final plans still need to be approved by the city at a later date.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for later
Adverb
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Soon afterwards, Mavis would be up in Montparnasse watching the same chaotic flow, writing the first of the stories that would make her one of the century’s great chroniclers of exile and its varieties.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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To better understand the challenges Blue Origin now faces, Ars spoke with several SpaceX veterans who experienced the AMOS-6 failure and worked the long days afterward to get the Falcon 9 rocket flying and rebuild the shattered facility at Space Launch Complex-40.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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That taped performance and subsequent record release were an inflection point in showing a different side to the rapper, one whose ambitions were artistically deeper than the surface level of his commercial success would suggest.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
31 May 2026
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Often, if the first fruits of the season are misshapen, the subsequent fruits are well-formed.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 May 2026
Adverb
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Not long after, a composer texted to say how the same director had just brought up his name and love for the short.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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And although the Bill of Rights came soon after, ever since the First Amendment was ratified, Americans have had to continually, sometimes aggressively, insist on their right to free expression in the face of political pressure.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
Adverb
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Shortly thereafter, agents saw two men exit Buy 4 Less with heavy boxes and load them into a second truck.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Tracee Ellis Ross takes over thereafter.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
2 June 2026
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“Later.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/later. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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