latter-day
adjective
lat·ter-day
ˈla-tər-ˌdā 
1
: of present or recent times
latter-day prophets
2
: of a later or subsequent time
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Returning to the guitars that characterized the band’s earliest work without renouncing their latter-day synths, MacFarlane gives Graham’s ruminations an urgent tenderness.
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
In a latter-day echo of GIs flooding into England ahead of D-Day, Tinder in the Rovaniemi area is apparently filling up with profiles of foreign soldiers.
—Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
In many ways, My Days of 58 feels like just another latter-day Bill Callahan album.
—David Harris, SPIN, 2 Mar. 2026
As decolonization transformed fading colonial empires into a hundred new nations, rival superpowers dispatched covert operatives, latter-day men on the spot, to win over those emerging states by any means necessary.
—Alfred McCoy, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
In a latter-day echo of GIs flooding into England ahead of D-Day, Tinder in the Rovaniemi area is apparently filling up with profiles of foreign soldiers.
—Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
In many ways, My Days of 58 feels like just another latter-day Bill Callahan album.
—David Harris, SPIN, 2 Mar. 2026
As decolonization transformed fading colonial empires into a hundred new nations, rival superpowers dispatched covert operatives, latter-day men on the spot, to win over those emerging states by any means necessary.
—Alfred McCoy, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Latter-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latter-day. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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