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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While North Korean state media released text accounts of the parade Saturday morning, pictures and video of the event were expected to be released later in the day.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Moments later, the monarch began to flap its wings and crawl onto Bendicksen’s hand.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Another experiment found people who used their phone while walking on a treadmill had higher levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, afterward.—
Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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For one thing, Curry, after looking a little tired during the first half of last season, was mostly awesome afterward.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Shortly thereafter, Payton accompanied Rucker across Louisiana to the singer’s performance at a casino resort sponsored by the Coushatta Tribe.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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In eight out of nine instances, those pullbacks coincided with a key bottom or tradable low, followed by strong rebounds soon thereafter.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Allen and Keaton were onetime romantic partners and stayed friends in the years after.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
13 Oct. 2025
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Affleck and Lopez met in 2002 and their romance began soon after.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Latterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latterly. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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