latter-day

[lat-er-dey] / ˈlæt ərˌdeɪ /

ADJECTIVE

modern

Synonyms

WEAK

avant-garde coincident concomitant concurrent contempo contemporary current cutting-edge fresh last word late latest leading-edge modernistic modernized modish neoteric new-fashioned newfangled novel now present present-day prevailing prevalent recent state-of-the-art stylish today twenty-first century up-to-the-minute with it

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Mangione has been hailed in some quarters of the internet as a latter-day Robin Hood, fighting against a rigged system on behalf of working people.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Writing for Defector last year, Barry Petchesky attempted to wrap his head around the unique rankness of the latter-day Trump directive.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

One of the greatest operas of our time, John Adams’ “Doctor Atomic,” contemplates the creation of nuclear weapons as the functioning of a latter-day Faust, Goethe’s most lasting creation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Bespectacled, with long hair and a beard and moustache, he seems more like a latter-day hippy than a tech whizz, and he is clearly proud as he shows me around his firm.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

He loves it, especially the wild, latter-day Col- trane stuff.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

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