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afterward

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


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“I feel good,” Pages said, when I asked him afterward not about last postseason, but about his confidence heading into this season — though his mind went back there anyway.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

"But we don't yet know whether the action that starts the ridge just isn't happening or whether the traffic jam afterward isn't happening," he said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Not long afterward, Grace packed up and moved into a house with other gay Ugandans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

It is my understanding that people who retire now are required to choose the maximum benefit option at the time they retire and cannot change it afterward.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Afraid he would say, “There’ll be someone else soon,” and that forever afterward this untruth would lie between us.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom