as in later
after the due, usual, or proper time
he always paid his bills, but usually delinquently
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Adverb
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Great acting, Gyllenhaal will later remark, is often a matter of doing as near as possible to nothing.—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2025 -
The plan is to launch public services later this year at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The episode, which aired late last year, has been viewed more than ten million times.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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From an enterprise services perspective, Verizon announced a partnership with Nvidia late last year to supercharge AI workloads on 5G private networks coupled with mobile edge computing.—
Will Townsend,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The trade war touched off during President Donald Trump's first term eventually prompted the Fed to lower interest rates because, rather than feeding inflation, the global and U.S. growth outlook began to dim.—
Howard Schneider,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Its snappy, postmodern unfurling, rife with intentionally obvious rear projections, does eventually give way to moving dimensions as the family’s history fades into view, but few political or personal elements amount to anything poignant.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The couple has been slowly introducing Golden on social media.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Once mostly known as a backpacker’s relaxed beach destination, Koh Chang is slowly, but surely expanding the breadth of its appeal to include tourists seeking a little luxury.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Delinquently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delinquently. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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