afterwards
Britishadverb
Etymology
Origin of afterwards
Old English æfterweard, æfteweard, from aft + ward
Example Sentences
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Howe was asked afterwards if the 25-year-old had played his last game for the club.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Following all serious crashes, the teams "debrief immediately afterwards", she said, because it was "important we understand any learning from those incidents and what we can take into our future planning".
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Berlin confirmed soon afterwards it was aiming for an initial holding of 40 percent, to be reduced to 30 percent in two to three years.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
"If we're going to commit to prosecuting someone who's degraded the landscape, then we should make sure that they atone by monitoring that landscape sufficiently afterwards."
From BBC • May 26, 2026
A long time afterwards I thought that if I had waited and gone to my uncles, or somehow sneaked across the bridge and warned my grandfather that things would have turned out differently.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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