as in later
following in time or place
he had been a teacher, a librarian, and some years latterly, a novelist
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Recent Examples of latterly
The move initially attracted press attention and, latterly, that of Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise officers.
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Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Rooney was an elderly columnist, too, latterly in the news for saying the sorts of things a decaying old coot would say.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Gemma Thomas left Sky last year after five and half years, latterly leading the awards team.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
Five years later he was hired by Leland Stanford, then the president of the Central Pacific Railroad, formerly the governor of California and latterly the founder of the eponymous university in Palo Alto.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2019
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Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Rooney was an elderly columnist, too, latterly in the news for saying the sorts of things a decaying old coot would say.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Gemma Thomas left Sky last year after five and half years, latterly leading the awards team.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
Five years later he was hired by Leland Stanford, then the president of the Central Pacific Railroad, formerly the governor of California and latterly the founder of the eponymous university in Palo Alto.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for latterly
Adverb
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The Senate's action would then send the bill back to the House, which is also holding a pro-forma session later in the morning.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Crew has an amazing sight in store Four days later during the lunar flyby, the moon will appear to be the size of a basketball held at arm’s length.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The impact sends both men hurling to the pavement, and the shoeless rear passenger can be seen hobbling on one foot afterward, the footage shows.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Tuchel tried to put a brave face on it afterwards, insisting that every team in the world would miss a player of Kane’s quality, and that his England team have won games without Kane in the past and will do so again in the future.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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They were engaged shortly thereafter, followed by an intimate wedding at her mother’s estate in Southampton.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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But the market wasn’t long for Sacramento thereafter, with a new owner transforming the building into offices a few years later.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Billing records show he was involved with the case soon after, as the firm prepared to bring it to the Supreme Court a second time.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
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Both previous videos landed on YouTube a few days after.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Latterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latterly. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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