afterward

Example Sentences

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If the company insists that this is a separate problem, ask them to explain why a toilet that functioned one way before the repair and another way immediately afterward should attract a second diagnostic fee.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

What grows back afterward is often shrubland, not forest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

But in a post on X afterward, he called the story “fake news on steroids.”

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

In Los Angeles, for example, the earliest sunrise occurs before the solstice, while the latest sunset takes place afterward.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

“You can’t boss around the dead,” as the soothsayer tried to explain afterward, but Lady Constance was convinced the fortune-teller was a fraud, and spoke harshly about the incident for weeks afterward.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood