By now and Later

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Later is an antonym for by now in before expected time topic.

Later adverb - Following in time or place.

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By now is an antonym for later.

A short time later, while making small talk with his boss, the rookie muses, "You'd think they would have cured hay fever by now".

Source: Lampshade Hanging / Anime and Manga
Later, the Joker is surprised that none of the ships have exploded by now, but Batman tells him that he underestimated the people's sense of humanity.

Source: Restored My Faith in Humanity
After ten years later, although by now married to McCracken, she returns to Russia to discover where he lives in Siberia.

Source: Film / The Barber of Siberia

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Later and By now. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/by_now/later

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