as in afterwards
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
Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Just over two weeks later, plant personnel found eight more vehicles with similar issues.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Police now say the teen is the same person whom police questioned and later released in connection with the killing of a woman who was walking with a child to a JCPS bus stop Aug. 13.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Aug. 2025
The latter, of course, is being groomed as WWE’s next big thing much like Reigns was a decade ago, so that’s the dream match that could bring Reigns back later in 2025.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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Adverb
The structure was later made quite a bit bigger and turned into a daycare.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Just over two weeks later, plant personnel found eight more vehicles with similar issues.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Police now say the teen is the same person whom police questioned and later released in connection with the killing of a woman who was walking with a child to a JCPS bus stop Aug. 13.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Aug. 2025
The latter, of course, is being groomed as WWE’s next big thing much like Reigns was a decade ago, so that’s the dream match that could bring Reigns back later in 2025.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for later
Adjective
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The governor's order to combat wildfires remains in effect for 30 days unless Polis extends it in a subsequent executive order.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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The bride-to-be's post and the subsequent responses have opened up a larger conversation about family dynamics, wedding etiquette and emotional manipulation.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The death toll was exacerbated because the levees in New Orleans were breached, a failure blamed afterward on engineering flaws and cost-saving measures by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers when they were built.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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His wound and his survival for some time afterward offer a rare glimpse into the lives of people in this region during the waning days of the Pleistocene era about 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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As recently as 2013-14, there were just two clubs with gambling sponsors, but the numbers climbed quickly soon after.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
24 Aug. 2025
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Soon after, Walker and Clark met a bartender working at Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge who wanted to put on a weekly bluegrass show.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
22 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Most restaurants correct violations at the time of the original inspection or shortly thereafter.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
21 Aug. 2025
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Shortly thereafter she was transferred from federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security women’s facility in Texas.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Later.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/later. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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