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or afterwards
as in later
following in time or place
we'll go to the play, then have supper afterward
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Recent Examples of afterward
Minutes were not taken during the meeting and not posted afterward, which constituted another violation.
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Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
Conclusion Geopolitical events can drive gold prices higher as investors seek stability in a safe-haven asset, with price spikes often occurring in anticipation of the event and then subsiding afterward.
—Sanford Mann, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Not long afterward, in the manner of all good treasure-hunting stories, the gang fell apart.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Harris was not present for the speech but met with Netanyahu afterward.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Oct. 2024
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Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
Conclusion Geopolitical events can drive gold prices higher as investors seek stability in a safe-haven asset, with price spikes often occurring in anticipation of the event and then subsiding afterward.
—Sanford Mann, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Not long afterward, in the manner of all good treasure-hunting stories, the gang fell apart.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Harris was not present for the speech but met with Netanyahu afterward.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterward
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However, two people later showed up at nearby hospitals with gunshot wounds.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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Sometime later, a passing pipeline company worker pulled the vehicle from the ditch.Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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Soon after, people across Europe reported the same behavior with their unsecured milk bottles.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Soon after, Lynda Carter’s iconic take on the character found the kind of breakthrough success The Secrets of Isis did not.Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Anderson started the second quarter and Moody joined him shortly thereafter as Kerr continued to use a deep 12-man rotation.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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In America, Ammon and his army of pizza-chomping rednecks will not stop asking why a nation born in revolution and built thereafter on a Constitution explicitly maximizing individual liberty while minimizing government intrusion seems day by day, ever more, to be getting it all backwards.Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Afterward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterward. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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