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Examples of henceforth in a Sentence
Henceforth, supervisors will report directly to the manager.
She announced that henceforth she would be running the company.
Recent Examples on the Web
Though acquitted, the youth henceforth resented authority.
—Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
In August 2016, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names announced the Harney name would be removed, and the landmark would henceforth be known as Black Elk Peak, for the legendary Lakota warrior and holy man.
—Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Shiloh has been in the news recently because of her legal petition to formally drop Pitt’s last name from her own so that she would henceforth be known as Shiloh Jolie, instead of Shiloh Jolie-Pitt.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
Their decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) establishes that henceforth, whoever controls a majority of the Supreme Court will have the final word on thousands of policy questions that, under Chevron, used to be resolved by federal agencies.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of henceforth was
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“Henceforth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/henceforth. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
henceforth
adverb
hence·forth
ˈhen(t)s-ˌfō(ə)rth
-ˌfȯ(ə)rth;
hen(t)s-ˈfō(ə)rth,
-ˈfȯ(ə)rth
: from this point on
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