Gone by and Later

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Later is an antonym for gone by in topics: preceding, earlier, olden.

Later adjective - Being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else.

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Gone by is an antonym for later.

We later see him jump on a bouncy castle with a girl in the same episode, but she's gone by the next one with no mention.

Source: Urban Legend Love Life
When she returned to her ship later (several pages of the RP having gone by), it was referred to as the Certum.

Source: Roleplay / We Are On A Space Adventure
While McMaster ultimately failed to join Pantera, his side project Onyxx (which later became Dangerous Toys) wound up being a ticket out in spite of this, and he was gone by 1988.

Source: Music / Watchtower

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