thenceforth
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of thenceforth
1325–75; Middle English thennes forth (compare Old English thanonforth ). See thence, forth
Example Sentences
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Instead, the Canadian Kuitenbrouwers wound up on a farm in Quebec where, Peter’s mother and stepfather whimsically decreed, they would thenceforth make maple syrup, what the author calls “the national lifeblood” of Canada.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
A lengthy conversation ensued, and its participants decided to meet weekly thenceforth, to observe the passing of time in freewheeling discourse about such sundry topics as may otherwise escape the attention of this site’s readers.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2018
The speculation appears to have originated with Patton Oswalt’s Twitter, and then spread thenceforth:
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2016
In theory, the nationalisation of the Bank in 1946 reduced its powers considerably; certainly interest rate decisions thenceforth became the prerogative of chancellors until 1997 and independence.
From The Guardian • Nov. 25, 2012
The fear of losing Joe’s confidence, and of thenceforth sitting in the chimney corner at night staring drearily at my forever lost companion and friend, tied up my tongue.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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