thereafter
Americanadverb
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after that in time or sequence; afterward.
Thereafter they did not speak.
- Synonyms:
- thenceforth, subsequently, later
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Obsolete. accordingly.
adverb
Etymology
Origin of thereafter
before 900; Middle English ther after, Old English thǣr æfter. See there, after
Example Sentences
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He got his team very badly wrong to begin with, but he righted the wrongs thereafter.
From BBC
This isn’t a fluke—the problem Congress had in mind when it crafted Section 122 in the early 1970s vanished shortly thereafter.
Shortly thereafter, they signed Hill to a new deal with additional guaranteed money.
Banton then launched Mark Watt for three towering sixes in a ninth over that cost the Scottish spinner 22 runs, the pressure eased and thereafter the result was rarely in doubt.
From Barron's
Bob attended his owner's funeral at the cemetery in Taboão da Serra and refused to leave thereafter, Brazilian media reported - even returning when family members tried to take him home.
From BBC
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