How to Use latter in a Sentence

latter

adjective
Definition of latternext
Synonyms for latternext
  • We'll go in the latter half of the year.
  • In his latter years he became blind.
  • To ease the fears of the latter group (What if the next song is bad?
    — The Editors, Marie Claire, 31 Jan. 2019
  • One of the best ways to do the latter, of course, is on a train.
    — Marianna Cerini, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2022
  • In the case of the latter, that still isn't enough to give him a lead.
    — CBS News, 2 Aug. 2020
  • Bell and Brown are gone, the latter traded to the Raiders.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2019
  • In the case of the latter, the experts said, don’t put it off.
    — Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Biden has a slight edge in the first two states, but the pair are tied in the latter.
    — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2020
  • The first one is a pit bull and the latter was a French poodle.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The running speed of the latter, the zoo said, has been clocked at 43 mph.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2020
  • The latter two were due to the Vette's stiffer aluminum frame.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Still, Trump sought to meet with Putin in the latter part of last year.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 28 June 2019
  • Much of it, the group predicts, will be via the latter.
    — Jessica Chasmar, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Indeed, the former goal was, in part, a means to the end of the latter.
    — Jonathan Freedland, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2020
  • If the latter is true, what’s the point of having it in the rulebook?
    — Steven Ruiz, For The Win, 24 May 2018
  • The latter create the effect of peering through the past to see the present.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The former is the No. 1 mark among 6A level schools and the latter is the No. 2 mark.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The latter is enough to get you through dinner and then lunch the next day.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2021
  • The former may very well be true, but the latter doesn’t have to be.
    — Damon Young, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The answer to the latter can be just as important as to the first.
    — T.j. Stiles, Smithsonian, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Ducks is one of the latter, and marks a new achievement in the memoir genre.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Sales of the latter have grown 8% in the past six months, IRI data shows.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 18 July 2022
  • The latter is part of a 300 year-old heritage site on the outskirts of Riyadh.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The former was the second-fewest of his season and the latter was the third-fewest.
    — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 4 Oct. 2022
  • For the latter four, making the playoffs won’t be easy.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The latter is a truth that right-wingers have denied and fought against for decades.
    — Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2021
  • That latter could be as soon as 2025 if the team doesn’t sign Prescott to a long-term deal.
    — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2024
  • The latter came from a big bag on the front passenger seat.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 16 June 2021
  • That latter song brought Bieber to the top of that tally for the first time, and his follow-up may have been even bigger.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Sign up The book's latter half is about a trip to Israel-Palestine during the summer of 2023.
    — Theara Coleman, theweek, 7 Oct. 2024

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