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or afterwards
as in later
following in time or place
we'll go to the play, then have supper afterward
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Recent Examples of afterward
Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, who served as the concert's music director, revealed afterward that the show raised $190 million for Cure Parkinson's, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorn Children’s Hospice.
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Daniela Avila, People.com, 22 July 2025
Soon afterward, Trump asked Lutnick to co-chair his transition team.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Best of Both Worlds concert movie afterward for a complete experience.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 19 July 2025
The linen cotton blend isn’t see-through and is safe to machine wash on a gentle cycle and even tumble dry on low afterward.
—Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 12 July 2025
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Daniela Avila, People.com, 22 July 2025
Soon afterward, Trump asked Lutnick to co-chair his transition team.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Best of Both Worlds concert movie afterward for a complete experience.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 19 July 2025
The linen cotton blend isn’t see-through and is safe to machine wash on a gentle cycle and even tumble dry on low afterward.
—Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterward
Adverb
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The latter, of course, is being groomed as WWE’s next big thing much like Reigns was a decade ago, so that’s the dream match that could bring Reigns back later in 2025.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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The narrative outlined in the IAB file says the woman informed then Chief of Department Philip Banks, later a deputy mayor under Adams, within weeks of the November 2013 incident.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
2 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Soon after, the two went on their first date together.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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Pubs in the city centre, Shibuya, were showing Manchester City versus Liverpool, but not Brentford versus Arsenal immediately after.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
Adverb
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Soon thereafter, the ambitious singer left her husband’s band, contending that her position as a vocalist was secondary to that of the other musicians.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 July 2025
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The median leg down thereafter is only 6% which is less than the overall median bull market pullbacks of 7%.—
Randy Watts,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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“Afterward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterward. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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