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Adjective
The American Western drama is the latest of Taylor Sheridan's ever-growing Yellowstone franchise surrounding the legacy of the Dutton family from west of the Mississippi. Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Feb. 2023 The shooting came a day before the fifth anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that killed 17 and is the latest in what has become a deadly new year in the U.S. Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2023
Noun
The latests deaths included three residents of long-term care facilities in Dallas, as well as a Balch Springs man in his 20s and a Dallas man in his 60s. Dana Branham, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2020 That equates to more than 45 million Americans using CBD products, based on latest available U.S. Census estimates. Brendan Bures, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019 See All Example Sentences for latest
Recent Examples of Synonyms for latest
Adjective
  • Some argued that the performance did not capture the struggle of wartime reality while others feared that Ukraine, for the first time in the history of Europe’s biggest song contest, might not qualify for the final.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • The big didn’t even log a single second in the final two periods.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • In a world of evolving design trends, modular furniture is more than just a fleeting moment.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2025
  • The incident reportedly led to one student going to the hospital due to smoke inhalation and is suspected to be connected to the viral trend.
    Ashley Belanger – May 9, ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • David Beckham appeared bent out of shape last weekend.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025
  • The whole season was shot last September in Knoxville, Tenn., but news of the reboot and Malarkey’s hiring as host, were kept under wraps until a few weeks ago.
    Pamela Kragen, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Sports betting is an out-of-control craze among young men.
    Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur Launched in 2007, St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur (20% ABV) surged to its highest popularity in the last two years as the spritz craze ran rampant.
    Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • Former University of South Dakota tight end JJ Galbreath fits into that latter category.
    Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 12 May 2025
  • This latter benefit allows the courts of the UPEPA states to rely on the each other's court decisions as needed.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Could players who know how to win ugly but get results become in vogue?
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • Mumford & Sons, Rushmere At a moment when folk-rock is back in vogue, Mumford & Sons, perhaps the movement’s biggest breakthrough act in the early 2010s, has returned with an album that gestures toward the band’s past while not abiding by its boundaries.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • His kitchen skills, puckish humor and enthusiasm helped earn him regular invitations to appear on TV cooking shows, including every Food Network series and a couple shows for TLC.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2025
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 1,104 points, or 2.6%, staying near its highs for most of the session with buying enthusiasm remaining strong.
    Brian Evans,Yun Li,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • Prosecutors say Read, 45, deliberately hit O’Keefe, 46, with her Lexus SUV in a drunken rage and left him for dead in January 2022.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • So there’s a lot of rage from that, and rightfully so.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025

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