thenceforth

adverb

Definition of thenceforthnext
as in afterwards

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  1. henceforth
  2. thereafter
  3. henceforward
  4. hereafter
Adverb
  • 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
Definition of henceforth
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  • That both were at least legally married was dicey enough—Slater would file for divorce that summer; Grande shortly thereafter—but Slater was also a new father, with a recent social-media record of a wife and newborn.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Just a short time thereafter, a group of key employees were poached by a competitor.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of thereafter
Adverb
  • Borgnine will henceforward be recalled as the good, honest, 100% human fellow, trying to discover a romantic life for himself, with plenty of handicaps, in a picture that may well be remembered as long as pictures themselves are remembered.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The party has been cited as the reason why balls were henceforward held in other venues, says Anthony.
    Alicia Ault, Smithsonian, 19 Jan. 2017
Definition of henceforward
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  • On March 27, the three siblings—hereafter to be known as the Jackson Three—reunited on the red carpet for the London opening night of MJ: The Musical, which is about their dad, Michael Jackson.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Her loss was then greatly felt among the music community, and rest of the world, at the 55th Grammys later that weekend and hereafter.
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
Definition of hereafter
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