thenceforth

Definition of thenceforthnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thenceforth
Adverb
  • Udeh dunked for the first time as a 6-3 seventh grader and soon thereafter was turning heads on the AAU circuit and at Barnett Park in the Pine Hills neighborhood outside of downtown Orlando.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Shortly thereafter, the electron (1897) and the atomic nucleus (1911) were discovered.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • The best known of them had one of the leading German Jewish bankers, Joseph Seligman, turning up in 1877 at the elegant Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York, and being told that henceforth no Jews could stay there.
    Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
  • In college, my roommates and I painted our front door pink and thus, our home was henceforth dubbed 'Pink Door'.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • There isn’t any sureness to the ground hereafter and no promise that a hoof will not land false somewhere and drop.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Florida has this weekend become the biggest fan of Oklahoma and Vanderbilt, and any other school playing Ole Miss and Missouri hereafter.
    Matt Hayes, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • This contrived right — never before or since applied to any other refugee population — found its way into U.N. General Assembly Resolution 194, which Arab governments thenceforward wielded as a cudgel against the Jewish state.
    Michael M. Rosen, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
Adverb
  • Because robots present profound risks to humanity, all work on A.I. will be henceforward discontinued.
    Jay Martel, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Borgnine will henceforward be recalled as the good, honest, 100% human fellow, trying to discover a romantic life for himself, with plenty of handicaps, in a picture that may well be remembered as long as pictures themselves are remembered.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
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“Thenceforth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thenceforth. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.

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