as in afterwards
from this point on
he is giving up all his worldly goods and hereafter will devote his life to the poor
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as in future
time that is to come
apologized, for being late to the meeting and assured his boss that there would be no such recurrences in the hereafter
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as in immortality
unending existence after death
hoped to be reunited with his deceased wife in the hereafter
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Recent Examples of hereafter
Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
That’s why the 2018 announcement of the properties of NGC 1052-DF2, hereafter known as DF2 for short, came as such a shock.
—Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 22 June 2021
Ryan Ruby, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
Others of us prefer her messing with the hereafter alongside Kevin Bacon and Kiefer Sutherland.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2022
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Introduction Since 2003, the Tax Foundation, a think tank based in Washington D.C., has annually issued its Business Tax Climate Index (hereafter the Index), comparing all 50 states and analyzing each state’s business tax climate.
—Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
That’s why the 2018 announcement of the properties of NGC 1052-DF2, hereafter known as DF2 for short, came as such a shock.
—Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 22 June 2021
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The otherworlds that Véra claimed were central to his metaphysics don’t necessarily exist in a temporal hereafter, but rather in a spatial here and now.
—Ryan Ruby, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
Others of us prefer her messing with the hereafter alongside Kevin Bacon and Kiefer Sutherland.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hereafter
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Duggan, who led the city through its post-bankruptcy recovery, expressed confidence in Detroit's future and thanked city employees in his announcement at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center.Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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The state initiated filming incentives in 2020 and is expected to expand them further in the near future.Patrick Frater, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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The Fame Monster track sits on the razor’s edge between glamour, tragedy, and immortality.Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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Guillermo Del Toro’s debut film is a radical departure from Dracula and his batty ilk, as vampirism is reimagined as a side effect of the immortality granted by a wondrous mechanism created by a 16th-century alchemist.James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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However, two people later showed up at nearby hospitals with gunshot wounds.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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Twenty-two years later, that overwhelming majority had shrunk to 37%, according to census data cited by a city dashboard.Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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Come back tomorrow for more of the latest A-list outings!Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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There are going to be people who are going to be cleaning your teeth tomorrow who don’t have papers.Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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Centrally, by having a coltan miner as the protagonist, the film links futurity with materiality and labor.Ruby Thélot, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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Next October his first set of quarter horses are set to go into futurity, a competition which offers staggering prize money to winners.Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 19 July 2024
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“Hereafter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hereafter. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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