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latter

adjective as in latest, concluding

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The latter film is one of Keaton’s lesser-known but still brilliantly limned stone-faced satires, in this case involving cowpokes and its star’s tender feelings for a milk cow.

In a recent report, economists at Goldman Sachs, mapping out downside and upside scenarios to AI, say the latter means an acceleration in productivity that “eventually makes human input in knowledge-based work tasks redundant.”

The latter is unfolding now, and the weakness has the potential to spill over into broader markets.

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Concerns over private credit have been simmering in the latter part of 2025, following the collapses of U.S. auto-parts supplier First Brands and car dealership Tricolor.

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Scipio advocated for the latter strategy as consul in 205 B.C.

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