latter-day
Example Sentences
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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
Or that the public housing she championed would itself deteriorate so badly that, by 1990, the federal government would label much of it as “severely distressed”—and demolish it for having become a latter-day slum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
Dressed in a striking pink and green sari, she sauntered through the bassy grooves of recent singles Pass The Salt and Carmen, coming across like a latter-day Amy Winehouse.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025
He loves it, especially the wild, latter-day Col- trane stuff.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
