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then

[then] / ðɛn /

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before; at another time adv.
therefore adv.

ADVERB

before; at another time

Synonyms

STRONGEST

again formerly later next suddenly

WEAK

all at once anon at that instant at that moment at that point at that time before long on that occasion soon after thereupon when years ago

Antonyms

STRONGEST

earlier

ADVERB

therefore

Synonyms

STRONGEST

so thus

WEAK

accordingly consequently ergo from that time from then on from there on hence thence thenceforth thereupon whence

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He aimed to fool people into seeing a machine as humanlike—now sometimes called the Eliza effect—and then show them how they’d been fooled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Multiple parents recounted a Christmas photo-op in which an ICE agent dressed as Santa Claus shoved away children who tried to hug him, then vanished with his treats the moment the cameras disappeared.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

And even after the trials process has finished, the treatment would still need to be approved by regulators and then go through another approval process before it was made available on the NHS.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

If a holistic solution isn’t coming from CISA, where then?

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

And then she nods to herself, clearly overwhelmed.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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