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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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Not long thereafter, the couple received a phone call from their pastor, who revealed a generous donation had come in from parishioners — enough to cover all fees.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
15 Oct. 2025
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The project landed on Ketnet in 2023 and secured VAF funding shortly thereafter, which allowed the team to go into production with the goal of working on the episodes through summer 2027.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
14 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
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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 23 Oct. 2025.
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