then

adverb

ˈt͟hen How to pronounce then (audio)
Definition of thennext
as in either
in addition to what has been said there's the cost of the car itself, and then there's the cost of insurance and maintenance

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Recent Examples of then And then the spontaneous cheers and shouts erupted as the aircraft, full of returning troops, lifted off the South Vietnam air strip. — Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026 Preproduction was meticulous when every take burned through film stock, then digital let crews shoot and cut freely without extra cost. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026 Jones spent time on the Minnesota Vikings’ practice squad and then with the San Francisco 49ers before returning to Houston. — Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 8 Nov. 2026 The Blue Jays begin Sunday at home against Yeshiva, then play at NYU on Tuesday. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for then
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  2. also
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  • Nobody needed a little two-stroke street bike that could spend its afternoon embarrassing motorcycles twice its size, either.
    — Kevin Fanady, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
  • This isn’t a holiday-specific activity, either; Sephora offers fragrance sampler kits year-round!
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of either
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  • They were photographed together both at a bar with other suppliers and then also out to dinner with some other executives.
    — Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 9 Nov. 2026
  • The realm of authorship in the opinion section has also always been a bit dubious.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of also
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  • And besides, Ternus argues, even if other companies succeed in their mission of building super-intelligence, users will still want to talk to it on Apple devices.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • People don't want to go around changing their Clocks anymore and, besides, far and away, most people like having an hour of extra sunlight in the evening, rather than in the morning.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of besides
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  • Its epic-length bookends transposed the funereal aims of Bell Witch’s modern doom masterpiece Mirror Reaper to Floydian realms, while its gentler, more meditative midsection never completely renounced the artists’ metal roots.
    — Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2026
  • But for media organizations, allowing the proliferation of AI seems more likely to dilute, rather than enrich, the ultimate product.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
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“Then.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/then. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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