as in later
following in time or place
gave his farewell speech and left the room shortly thereafter
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Recent Examples of thereafter
She was discharged shortly thereafter.
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Margaret Cirino, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
Soon thereafter, her teammates were screaming with her.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Shortly thereafter, Blanche pointed out that the public did not complain about the Epstein files during the Biden administration.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
His mother, Loretta Matthew David, told CBS her son was in critical condition upon his arrival at the hospital, and was put on life support thereafter.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
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Margaret Cirino, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
Soon thereafter, her teammates were screaming with her.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Shortly thereafter, Blanche pointed out that the public did not complain about the Epstein files during the Biden administration.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
His mother, Loretta Matthew David, told CBS her son was in critical condition upon his arrival at the hospital, and was put on life support thereafter.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thereafter
Adverb
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Murillo said the Mining Arc later became a financial lifeline for the Venezuelan regime as oil revenues collapsed, with gold extraction expanding rapidly under opaque arrangements involving state players and armed groups.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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As the graceful Moon opposes Jupiter later, big feelings meet even bigger hopes.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Many residents from rural areas have lived on the same land for generations, watching a cycle of outside companies profit from extracting the state’s resources — from timber to coal and oil and gas — only to pollute and abandon communities afterward.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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But House Democrats say their removal from committee doesn't go far enough, lodging an ethics complaint against Engen and Hudson after a photo taken hours before the arrest showing the pair eating lunch and drinking at a restaurant nearby before returning to the Capitol for floor debate afterwards.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Soon after, the Mercedes rear-ended the Trax.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Soon after, Microsoft and OpenAI investigated whether the Chinese startup had improperly exfiltrated large amounts of data from the US firm’s models to create R1, Bloomberg previously reported.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Thereafter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thereafter. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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