Afterwards
Afterwards adverb - Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time.
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In time and afterwards are semantically related In some cases you can use "In time" instead an adverb "Afterwards".
Nearby Word: afterward
In time
In time adverb - Within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time.
Afterwards and in time are semantically related in later topic. Sometimes you can use "Afterwards" instead an adverb phrase "In time".
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- Done again almost immediately afterwards, when Riff's attempt to freeze the demon in time actually sends it back in time, creating all sorts of havoc during the middle ages.
- In The End of Evangelion, Asuka came out of her mental breakdown-induced coma just in time to take Unit 02 and kick ass (then get brutally killed a few minutes afterwards).
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Later in 2014, however, YouTube began to delete it again off and on up until February 2015 when it was banned seemingly permanently, before it came back again shortly afterwards and just in time for April Fools' Day.
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In time and Afterwards. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/afterwards/in_time
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