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also thenceforwards
as in thereafter
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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
Adverb
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Under the current merit-selection system, the governor chooses justices from among nominees recommended by a commission of lawyers and citizens; new justices stand for retention election after the first year and every eight years thereafter.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
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Byrne and Cannavale first met in 2012 and sparked dating rumors shortly thereafter.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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More pertinent henceforth is Purdy engineering high-scoring games.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
21 Dec. 2025
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Another street was renamed late last year: not long after the Presidential election, the Miami-Dade County Commission declared that a four-mile stretch of Palm Avenue would henceforth be known as President Donald J. Trump Avenue.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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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
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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
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Because robots present profound risks to humanity, all work on A.I. will be henceforward discontinued.—
Jay Martel,
New Yorker,
19 Aug. 2025
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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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“Thenceforward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thenceforward. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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