SUBSEQUENTLY Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

subsequently

adverb

ˈsəb-si-ˌkwent-lē

Definition of subsequently

as in later

following in time or place subsequently found the missing glove

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Recent Examples of subsequently The company subsequently expanded into producing projects by other filmmakers, building relationships through international festivals, distribution and co-production partnerships. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026 Several other performers, including Finneas, Lukas Graham, Aaron Rowe and members of the Irish group Beoga, subsequently withdrew from the tour in solidarity with Macklemore. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2026 Working from a plus-size model’s body as her starting point for pattern-making, silhouettes were subsequently distorted, creating a second layer that appeared to slip and warp around the body. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2026 In those pages, a protester strikes an ICE officer with her car before being shot by his partner, and the officer subsequently dies. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for subsequently

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Six days later, Israel held Gaza, the West Bank, Sinai, and the Golan.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
The series opens from the police perspective, but later the story rewinds and is told through the eyes of the robbers and and their hostages inside the bank.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of later

Adverb

Shortly thereafter Russell O’Brien (Tanner’s husband) and Rachael Oldfield (Matthew’s wife) see a man near the McCanns’ apartment.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
American Airlines flight 339 departed shortly thereafter and reached Georgetown, an airline spokesperson told the Herald.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of thereafter

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OutKick did not get an opportunity to ask why those preparations needed to happen during the anthem rather than before or afterward.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
What is to come afterwards is when their world is on fire as the fierce Battle Of Okinawa Island takes them , and us, back to sad reality.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of afterward

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Not long after, the school system, which educates more than 150,000 students, changed its admissions practices to eliminate an extra in-person exam.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Another important step that was done here is showing that the syndrome data from one round only correlates with the data from the one immediately before and immediately after.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

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