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also thenceforwards
as in afterwards
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Recent Examples of thenceforward
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.
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Michael M. Rosen, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
Michael M. Rosen, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thenceforward
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Shortly thereafter, Dumas turned Birkin’s dreams of an alternative carryall into reality — gifting her with a Birkin bag prototype and putting the silhouette on the market in 1984.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
3 Oct. 2025
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Shortly thereafter, Anthropic announced a program to explore questions of AI well-being.—
Webb Wright,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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This is henceforth the fate of Charlie Kirk's family: A spouse left abruptly, heartbreakingly without a life partner.—
Kevin Powell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Jeff Dewing’s response was to call in his managers and tell them that henceforth no employee would be required to attend meetings before a certain time in the morning and after a certain time in the afternoon.—
Roger Trapp,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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There is nothing here that indicates, as the late Professor Harbage has well said, that in order to be king hereafter Macbeth must be murderer first.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Employers now and hereafter must alert their employees to these new rights.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 July 2025
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“Thenceforward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thenceforward. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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