and then
Americanphrase
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right after that; as the next thing.
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in addition, as another point.
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When their flight is delayed, and then delayed again, frustration shifts from the departure boards to the fault lines between them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
"I received a text message from him this morning, where he said he would let some time pass today and then would talk with us, and that was it," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
"You can hear the drones on approach and you can hear them inside your home when they pass directly overhead and then you hear them as they leave," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
But the curriculum begins with “The Odyssey,” travels forward in time to James Joyce’s “Ulysses” and then backward to end with “The Iliad.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
She glances between us, probably sensing the weird tension, and then disappears into the depths of the kitchen.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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