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latter-day

[lat-er-day] / ˈlæt ərˌdeɪ /


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Some number of the latter-day innovators have become richer and more influential than the sober-sided suits ever were.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The latter-day “Lotus” went into “Chronic Town’s” “Gardening At Night.”

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

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

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

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman


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