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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Recent Examples of subsequent His subsequent disqualification, however, tarnished the Olympic Games’ blue riband event and was one of the biggest news stories in the world in the summer of ’88. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025 Parmar also deliberately streamlines clinic notes by encouraging his providers to avoid the common habit of copying and pasting blocks of obsolete or redundant information in favor of quick updates that can be scanned easily at subsequent visits. Helen Ouyang, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025 Outside of the non-voting caucus meeting and subsequent hearings, community members are not allowed to contact Lyndon City Council members about the zoning. Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025 The club closed in 1992, with various restaurants coming and going in the subsequent decade. Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for subsequent
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  • By the 1970s, Colma's western edge attracted car dealerships and later big box stores, a rail transit station and apartments.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The portrait of Depardieu that Ferrara gives is the last in Scene’s gallery of fellow addicts, beginning with the author’s immediate family and continuing with his later friends and collaborators, quite a few of whom come to unhappy ends.
    Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Subsequent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsequent. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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