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afterward

[af-ter-werd, ahf-] / ˈæf tər wərd, ˈɑf- /


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For more than a decade afterward, more clubs closed than opened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

One friend would debut a play, naturally, and everyone would come back to my apartment afterward for cocktails and canapés on the fire escape.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

He said the traditional approach to mitigating insider risk relies on verifying someone’s identity and then trusting that what they do afterward is legitimate, which can miss cases where the threat develops over time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The researchers monitored pain, movement, and quality of life before treatment and at several intervals afterward.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

They’re the last people who saw her, and if the food truck has a teleportation mode, we can always visit the movie place afterward.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith


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