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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
Adverb
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The confidence rose in his game thereafter.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Rester made a diving save less than a minute later, and Owen Johnston — Mounds Park Academy’s goaltender — snared a Clark shot about two minutes thereafter to keep the game 1-1.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
23 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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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
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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
Adverb
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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
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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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“Thenceforward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thenceforward. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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