thenceforth

Definition of thenceforthnext

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Adverb
  • Acute myeloid leukemia begins in the bone marrow and typically invades the bloodstream thereafter, according to the American Cancer Society.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Shortly thereafter, according to the government’s story, an Administration official received a phone call from a contact at Palantir.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • This version of Frankenstein’s monster—who shall henceforth be called Frank, the name Dr. Euphronius bestows on him—is terrifically lonely.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Mar. 2026
  • In one episode, for example, the participants join Cummings in the castle’s dining hall for a gathering henceforth known as the Black Banquet.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 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 19 Mar. 2026.

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