as in later
after the due, usual, or proper time
she belatedly realized that it had been her friend's birthday the day before
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Adverb
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But Johnson was emphatic that the bones in place are good enough for the Bears to arrive sooner than later.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025 -
Reports and public records show that Lurie was also part of the LAPD response later in the week, including being informed that UCLA police were overwhelmed by counterprotesters on the night of April 30 — although there was a lag between those reports and requests for mutual police aid.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The whiplash move to bring the app back comes after TikTok became unusable for Americans late Saturday night.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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Undaunted, thank goodness, Stupak opened the Otter, on Thompson Street, late last year inside the new Manner hotel, in SoHo.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The family eventually made its way back to New York, and Cenat enrolled at SUNY Morrisville to study business administration.—
Damien Scott,
Billboard,
27 Jan. 2025
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Arsenal eventually went on to win the game 1-0 through Riccardo Calafiori to keep the pressure on league leader Liverpool, after Wolves had also gone to 10 men following João Gomez’s second yellow card in the 70th minute.—
Matias Grez,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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High interest rates by the European Central Bank, meant to quell inflation, buffeted real-estate markets across Europe. From Spain to Sweden, the scarcity of housing, coupled with wages that have risen slowly, has made access to affordable homes more difficult.—
Liz Alderman,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Apex Legends slowly rose in popularity from its debut on Steam in February of 2022 before reaching a peak a year later in February 2023 of 624,473 players.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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At certain intervals, Chernov’s English-language voiceover jolts us out of the urgent present-tense action to inform the audience which of the men on screen have subsequently died, somewhat undercutting whatever progress is shown towards Andriivka.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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On December 31, Plymouth mutually agreed to part ways with head coach Wayne Rooney — Manchester United’s record goal scorer and former England captain — and subsequently appointed Muslic.—
Michael Walker,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Belatedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belatedly. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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