How to Use there and then in a Sentence

there and then

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  • He was released from there and then was signed by the New York Jets.
    Scott Luxor, Sun Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Conduct all meetings there and then just work from your house the rest of the time.
    Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Everybody will link up there and then the pack just floats.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • That kind of energy wasn’t there and then this guy came along.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Oct. 2023
  • That’s why Brian and I could take hip-hop songs and put them in there and then drop the dubstep bass line.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2023
  • There's a ton of business books out there and then there's a ton of, for lack of a better word, self-help books.
    Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
  • So, Prince gets the dirty details about Rask out there and then shorts the company's stock.
    Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2022
  • The king will look this design over and likely approve it for use there and then.
    WIRED, 21 Sep. 2022
  • But anyone watching the film can see that there are signs that were there and then progressed rapidly.
    Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Springs was sent to Boston, spent a year there and then traded to Tampa Bay in as part of a roster clearing move.
    Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2022
  • This coordinator was there and then left and then came back.
    Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2022
  • So all that stuff has to be brought all the way over there and then brought all the way back just so idiots like me aren't popping off at their TV screen about a tribe-swap being too obvious.
    EW.com, 18 Oct. 2023
  • One volunteer accompanied them there and then farther west to the camp in Ventimiglia.
    Eleanor Paynter, The Conversation, 13 May 2022
  • My parents actually ended up building a shower in there and then added a sink.
    The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • My parents actually ended up building a shower in there and then added a sink.
    The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • There’s a lot of ways to make a simple error and make things appear in a store inventory that aren’t necessarily there and then make things disappear that should be there.
    The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Keep an eye out for patches of ground that look starkly flat and unusually barren of flora — almost like multiple people have pitched tents there and then laid down all night.
    Diana Helmuth, Outdoor Life, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Authorities said a disagreement took place outside the residence there and then turned into a physical fight, which spilled over into the street.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 14 Jan. 2022
  • What's worse is that the process is so entirely opaque, with cryptic error messages that even automotive engineers aren't able to decipher there and then.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Police said surveillance video shows a slim, young Hispanic or White male walking on the footbridge, bending down and leaving something there and then running away, the Houston Chronicle reports.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
  • This group and other grassroots efforts offer free surveys of your property to help identify what's there and then can develop a plan to help land owners prioritize what needs to be done first based on their resources, and how to do it.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
  • Without leaving the comforts of their homes and respective work places, consumers will be able to virtually travel to another country, visit shops there and then seamlessly receive their orders in the physical realm.
    Chad Tongco, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Social media is instantaneous—your content is there and then gone—so make sure said content is valuable, educational and entertaining.
    Victoria Kennedy, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023

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