Examples of shortly after in a Sentence
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The police chief touched the gun and his wife’s body shortly after the shot was fired.
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Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article A convenience store was hit by burglars who entered through a window shortly after midnight in the Albany Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Global oil prices dropped shortly after his remarks.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Each year in the United States, around 1 million pregnancies end in miscarriage, and another 20,000 babies die before they are born or shortly after, owing to birth defects.
—Ericka Andersen, National Review, 24 Jan. 2025
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Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article A convenience store was hit by burglars who entered through a window shortly after midnight in the Albany Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Global oil prices dropped shortly after his remarks.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Each year in the United States, around 1 million pregnancies end in miscarriage, and another 20,000 babies die before they are born or shortly after, owing to birth defects.
—Ericka Andersen, National Review, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Shortly after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly%20after. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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