- a variation of afterward.
afterwards
Example Sentences
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I don't know a lot about what happens in that investigation, because that is with them and we deal with that afterwards.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Shortly afterwards, the group announced it would give up its weapons, a step hailed by Trump as a breakthrough.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
"They were very good value in the pub afterwards," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
"That hostility did not simply disappear afterwards," Khoo Ying Hooi, an associate professor at Universiti Malaya, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
She always had a bad conscience afterwards, but she couldn't help herself.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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