by then
Example Sentences
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We get back to the house, and by then, my daughter’s like a bobblehead, trying not to fall asleep.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Doctors found no link between the boy's condition and the measles-rubella vaccine, and he went on to fully recover, but by then his image had appeared in anti-vaccine videos viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Navatek by then was under court-ordered new management.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Those proved to be ineffective, but by then Kuzichkin—whom the British code-named “Redwood” because of his height—was already delivering a trove of secrets while still holding on to his KGB job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
After Cassie died in 1929, the Friedmans found it hard to find anyone who was her equal, especially as Carlotta had already left by then.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
