SUBSEQUENTLY Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

subsequently

adverb

ˈsəb-si-ˌkwent-lē

Definition of subsequently

as in later

following in time or place subsequently found the missing glove

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Recent Examples of subsequently Eight contacts subsequently tested positive; a 65-year-old close relative died Friday, bringing Kenya’s death toll to two. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 They were subsequently seen climbing into a red sports car, Kelly holding its upward-opening door for Johnson. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026 Assembly-line principles subsequently spread across industries, from electronics and appliances to food processing, changing how products are made worldwide. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026 Sheeran subsequently stressed that the decision to remove Macklemore was not his, writing that it had been made by the promoter and venues. — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for subsequently

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Six days later, Israel held Gaza, the West Bank, Sinai, and the Golan.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
The series opens from the police perspective, but later the story rewinds and is told through the eyes of the robbers and and their hostages inside the bank.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of later

Adverb

Shortly thereafter Russell O’Brien (Tanner’s husband) and Rachael Oldfield (Matthew’s wife) see a man near the McCanns’ apartment.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
American Airlines flight 339 departed shortly thereafter and reached Georgetown, an airline spokesperson told the Herald.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of thereafter

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OutKick did not get an opportunity to ask why those preparations needed to happen during the anthem rather than before or afterward.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
What is to come afterwards is when their world is on fire as the fierce Battle Of Okinawa Island takes them , and us, back to sad reality.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of afterward

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Not long after, the school system, which educates more than 150,000 students, changed its admissions practices to eliminate an extra in-person exam.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Another important step that was done here is showing that the syndrome data from one round only correlates with the data from the one immediately before and immediately after.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

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