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Examples of hereafter in a Sentence
Adverb
Hereafter the two companies will operate in full partnership.
We don't know what will happen hereafter.
Noun
apologized, for being late to the meeting and assured his boss that there would be no such recurrences in the hereafter
hoped to be reunited with his deceased wife in the hereafter
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2024
Her loss was then greatly felt among the music community, and rest of the world, at the 55th Grammys later that weekend and hereafter.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
The Mass was officiated by Rev. Barry Windholtz, who spoke of the changes de Cavel might bring about in the sweet hereafter.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 16 Jan. 2023
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Adverb
On March 27, the three siblings—hereafter to be known as the Jackson Three—reunited on the red carpet for the London opening night of MJ: The Musical, which is about their dad, Michael Jackson.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2024
Her loss was then greatly felt among the music community, and rest of the world, at the 55th Grammys later that weekend and hereafter.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
Noun
Now, a nearby planetary system has offered clues to our planet’s cosmic hereafter.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
The Mass was officiated by Rev. Barry Windholtz, who spoke of the changes de Cavel might bring about in the sweet hereafter.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 16 Jan. 2023
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“Hereafter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hereafter. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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hereafter
1 of 2 adverb
here·af·ter
hi(ə)r-ˈaf-tər 
1
: after this
2
: in some future time or state
hereafter
2 of 2 nounoften capitalized
2
: life after death
belief in the hereafter
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