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Over at the Sparkle City Disco show, a coven of drunken zoomers—many of whom, mind you, were born after 9/11—are all shimmying jubilantly to songs by Donna Summer, pointing stoically to the ground and then triumphantly up at the ceiling, looking rather a lot like latter-day John Travoltas.
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Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
These latter-day doges only see regulations as obstacles to righteous, plundering plutocrats.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the film is directed by his longtime editor David Tedeschi, a crucial collaborator on his string of essential latter-day rock docs examining the work of Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and George Harrison.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
In the former, a topless man half reclines on a twin bed—a latter-day Madame Récamier.
—Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
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Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
These latter-day doges only see regulations as obstacles to righteous, plundering plutocrats.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the film is directed by his longtime editor David Tedeschi, a crucial collaborator on his string of essential latter-day rock docs examining the work of Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and George Harrison.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
In the former, a topless man half reclines on a twin bed—a latter-day Madame Récamier.
—Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for latter-day
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Under her direction, Shoma Group has consistently turned bold ideas into tangible results, including the recent sale of Shoma Village in Hialeah for nearly $100 million.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Considering the champions the majors have produced in recent years, this leaderboard more closely resembled the Myrtle Beach Classic.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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The previous entry in the series, 2019's Anno 1800, was seen as something of a return to form by longtime franchise fans, who weren't as thrilled with the futuristic entries that preceded it.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
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Love Me — a futuristic sci-fi romantic drama starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun — is coming soon to streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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“Latter-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latter-day. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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