afterward
Example Sentences
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“Economic prosperity hasn’t touched my family,” he explains afterward, adding that he grew up in a low-income Los Angeles neighborhood with extensive crime.
People can be contagious about four days before their rash begins through four days afterward.
From Los Angeles Times
During the storm and in the days afterward, operators of the nation’s electric grids went to great lengths to keep the lights on.
From Barron's
Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel from 1508 to 1512, creating hundreds of preparatory drawings but afterward instructing his assistants in Rome to destroy them.
Speaking to reporters afterward, Macklem said most economic downturns reflect weakness in consumer and business demand, and the solution has tended to be additional stimulus.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
