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afterward

[af-ter-werd, ahf-] / ˈæf tər wərd, ˈɑf- /


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A joint statement afterward said they talked about how to head off escalation and lay the groundwork for talks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Instead, they measure the particles that emerge immediately afterward and study how those particles move.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

This momentarily disarms Vytas and Marija, but afterward we see them sobbing quietly in separate rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

For several minutes afterward, the images are so disorienting that we can’t even make out where anyone in the car is sitting.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Soon afterward a stream of headlamps poured down the trail and disappeared.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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