LATTER-DAY Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

latter-day

adjective

Definition of latter-day

as in recent

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Recent Examples of latter-day While Barneys became an industry icon, a combination of over-expansion, high rents, ownership changes, two bankruptcies, and a failure by latter-day management to heal the wounds, led to its total shutdown in 2020. — David Moin, Footwear News, 11 June 2026 Gallner admits that his latter-day stretch of independent opportunities haven’t come easy either. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026 Dungeon makes wise use of Watt, a pop and rock Swiss Army Knife who’s increasingly in demand among rock octogenarians after his work on latter-day resurgences and returns to form for Iggy Pop, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam, and Elton John. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 June 2026 In the past couple of decades, however, Czernowin has deëmphasized the frantic gesturing that characterizes so much latter-day modernism. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for latter-day

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On Thursday, Parton appeared virtually to accept the Poet’s Award at the Academy of Country Music Awards, one of multiple recent events the country legend joined remotely (she was never scheduled to attend the ACM Honors to appear in person).

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2026
Boom time Hengdian, a town of just over 200,000 tucked in a rural part of eastern China’s Zhejiang province, had been booming with the rise of the microdrama industry in recent years.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

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Marta Ortega Pérez, the 42-year-old nonexecutive chair of the Inditex board and the youngest daughter of its founder, presides over this futuristic complex with a democratic hand.

— Gaby Wood, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026
Rather than conjuring up flashy futuristic machines, this startup wants to give truckers the keys to practical vehicles that are easy to maintain, simple to repair on the road, and capable of lasting for years.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026

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