thenceforth

Definition of thenceforthnext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for thenceforth
Adverb
  • ChildNet had no oversight authority following the adoption and has no knowledge of what occurred thereafter.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Longtime coach James Franklin was fired shortly thereafter.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • More pertinent henceforth is Purdy engineering high-scoring games.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Basically, everything will come to Paris, and, henceforth, the others will have to orient themselves in its direction.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2025
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 9 Feb. 2026.

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