as in ensuing
being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else
I'll do the first problem as an example, but all subsequent efforts must be done on your own
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Tiger Woods’ rollover crash last week and subsequent DUI charge near his Jupiter Island, Florida, home was shameful and embarrassing enough.
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Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 Apr. 2026
Adept at separating the unseen from the seen, Lemann here chronicles his family’s accumulation of wealth, whatever the moral costs or compromises, and their subsequent acculturation and partial deracination.
—Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
With the tiebreaker rule in effect during extra innings, both teams started with a runner on second base to start the eighth and then a runner on third base to start the ninth and every subsequent inning.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
Given that the statements were registered as Fox prepares to revamp its current rights deal with the NFL, the gesture—and a subsequent piece in the opinion section of Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal—should make for an interesting spring in Midtown.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Apr. 2026
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Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 Apr. 2026
Adept at separating the unseen from the seen, Lemann here chronicles his family’s accumulation of wealth, whatever the moral costs or compromises, and their subsequent acculturation and partial deracination.
—Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
With the tiebreaker rule in effect during extra innings, both teams started with a runner on second base to start the eighth and then a runner on third base to start the ninth and every subsequent inning.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
Given that the statements were registered as Fox prepares to revamp its current rights deal with the NFL, the gesture—and a subsequent piece in the opinion section of Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal—should make for an interesting spring in Midtown.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsequent
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There was no plumbing backup, of course — there is no actual plumbing on the Orion spacecraft, as urine is vented out into space and fecal matter is collected for later disposal.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
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The proposal would provide money for most of the department, including the Transportation Security Administration, but leave the debate over immigration enforcement for a later date.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Subsequent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsequent. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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