as in later
following in time or place
he had been a teacher, a librarian, and some years latterly, a novelist
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Recent Examples of latterly
The move initially attracted press attention and, latterly, that of Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise officers.
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Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Rooney was an elderly columnist, too, latterly in the news for saying the sorts of things a decaying old coot would say.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Gemma Thomas left Sky last year after five and half years, latterly leading the awards team.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
Five years later he was hired by Leland Stanford, then the president of the Central Pacific Railroad, formerly the governor of California and latterly the founder of the eponymous university in Palo Alto.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2019
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Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Rooney was an elderly columnist, too, latterly in the news for saying the sorts of things a decaying old coot would say.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Gemma Thomas left Sky last year after five and half years, latterly leading the awards team.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
Five years later he was hired by Leland Stanford, then the president of the Central Pacific Railroad, formerly the governor of California and latterly the founder of the eponymous university in Palo Alto.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for latterly
Adverb
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Cross later filed a federal lawsuit against Nanos, claiming the sheriff violated his First Amendment rights.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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The two leaders were former allies who later became embroiled in bruising political disputes, deepening divisions in one of Asia's most unwieldy democracies.—
JIM GOMEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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There is still no agreement on how the country is to be governed afterwards, and concerns about armed gangs turning to violence have grown.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2026
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Shortly afterward, Lewis announced Buzbee’s departure, and his plan to replace her with Robert Winnett, a former colleague of his from London’s Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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ChildNet had no oversight authority following the adoption and has no knowledge of what occurred thereafter.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Longtime coach James Franklin was fired shortly thereafter.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Bremen travel to Freiburg this weekend, host Bayern the week after, but then face St Pauli, Heidenheim, Union Berlin and Mainz over the next four games, with all of those teams, to varying degrees, involved in the battle to avoid relegation.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Soon after, William Stevenson went on to open up The Stone Balloon Club, which became one the most popular college bars in the country near the University of Delaware in Newark, where the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews and The Allman Brothers Band played for crowds for decades.—
Gary Grumbach,
NBC news,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Latterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latterly. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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