as in later
following in time or place
gave his farewell speech and left the room shortly thereafter
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The first two episodes will become available to stream on that date followed by one episode per week thereafter.
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Joe Otterson, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
Shelton was hired by the Clippers that year, but saw his role diminished and any information about Leonard’s health was withheld shortly thereafter.
—Janis Carr, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Shelton says the team began to force him out shortly thereafter.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
But thereafter, the 2022 Broadway musical with a book by Matthew López and Amber Ruffin, music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman, departs mightily from the original plot of the 1959 Billy Wilder movie that starred Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Joe Otterson, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
Shelton was hired by the Clippers that year, but saw his role diminished and any information about Leonard’s health was withheld shortly thereafter.
—Janis Carr, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Shelton says the team began to force him out shortly thereafter.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
But thereafter, the 2022 Broadway musical with a book by Matthew López and Amber Ruffin, music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman, departs mightily from the original plot of the 1959 Billy Wilder movie that starred Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Thereafter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thereafter. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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