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
As part of the ruse to extract her from Venezuela, Machado wore a disguise to leave the country, violating Venezuela’s then-travel ban, according to the Associated Press.
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Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
Robinhood’s stock fell 90% in 2022 as the meme stock mania subsided and then flatlined.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026
The Heat then pushed its lead up to 15 points early in the third quarter, but the Bucks again responded.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
The researchers then injected DMT into live rodents.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
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Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
Robinhood’s stock fell 90% in 2022 as the meme stock mania subsided and then flatlined.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026
The Heat then pushed its lead up to 15 points early in the third quarter, but the Bucks again responded.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
The researchers then injected DMT into live rodents.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for then
Adverb
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The couple might not be done having kids, either.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
9 Mar. 2026
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Audiences didn’t respond to it either, saddling it with a C+ CinemaScore, though the Audience Popcornmeter at Rotten Tomatoes was a bit more generous than the critics, a 73 percent versus the Tomatometer score of 59 percent.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
9 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Her time at The Post also includes five years in the Travel section.—
Becky Krystal,
Washington Post,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Situationist team also presented the brand’s trajectory to several modeling agencies in the hopes of booking strong models on a budget.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2026
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And, besides, he could be seen bear-hugging his players, as well as those of Newcastle, within moments of being led away from Barrott, twice turning back to shout and angrily gesticulate in the referee’s direction.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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And besides, a market that roared higher by 40% in less than seven months after the initial tariff shock last April is not one that should gain much fresh energy from incremental softening of tariff impacts at this point.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2026
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Iran toward Turkey on Monday, the second such incident, raising the risk the military alliance could be drawn more directly into the conflict.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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But Drozd said an appropriate sentence for Lauer would be more along the lines of the sentences handed out to other co-conspirators.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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