from the latter

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Don’t expect it to emerge from the latter category anytime soon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

She then went on to study at Barber-Scotia College in Concord, N.C., and Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., eventually getting an honorary doctorate from the latter of the two HBCUs.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

In fact, from the latter half of 2021 on, the researchers found that positive reviews were never more than 50 percent.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

Newcastle raised about £70m from the sales of Yankuba Minteh to Brighton and Elliot Anderson to Nottingham Forest, while also signing goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos from the latter.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2024

Comparing a dachshund with a wolf, you wouldn’t even suspect that the former had been derived from the latter if you didn’t already know it.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond